Maksym Kryvosh, who took bus passengers hostage in Lutsk downtown on July 21 and is being kept in detention facility, has gone on hunger strike, the VolynPost News Agency reported with reference to lawyer Serhiy Tymozhynsky.
The lawyer said that Kryvosh went on hunger strike on July 30 in protest against the conditions in his detention facility.
“Serhiy Tymozhynsky said that Maksym Kryvosh decided to go on hunger strike in response to violation of his rights, in particular after he, in his opinion, was handcuffed without a reason. The lawyer said that no restrain devices were applied to him [Kryvosh] in the first days of his stay in the detention facility. Now, they put handcuffs on him every time when they let him out of the cell. Kryvosh is being kept in the detention facility like a convict, and not a detainee,” the news agency said.
Kryvosh’s defender also said that his client could not receive his clothes, which were seized during his detention.
“Meanwhile, the press service of the regional prosecutor’s office said that the prosecutors regularly visit the detention facility and the detainee voices no complaints about the schedule or conditions in the detention facility,” it said.
As reported, on July 21 in Lutsk, 13 people who were on a regular bus were taken hostage. After more than 12 hours of negotiations with Maksym Kryvosh, the hostages were released. Kryvosh was detained.
On July 22, law enforcers notified Kryvosh of suspicion of taking hostages, committing an act of terrorism, attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, illegal handling of weapons and ammunition (Part 2 of Article 147, Part 1 of Article 258, Article 348 and Part 1 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
On July 23, a district court in Lutsk selected a pre-trial restriction for Kryvosh in the form of detention until Sept. 18.
