Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky police officers in Kyiv region involved in the death of a five-year-old boy have been dismissed from the police ranks, the press service of the National Police of Ukraine has reported.
“The Main Directorate of the Kyiv Region’s National Police dismissed two employees of the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky police department on June 3, 2019,” the statement said, noting that the decision was legal and carried out in accordance with police disciplinary rules.
As reported, On May 31, two off-duty police officers in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky were drinking and shooting at tin cans for target practice, when they accidentally shot a five-year-old boy.
The boy, identified as Kyrylo Tliavov, suffered fatal wounds to the head. He died in a Kyiv hospital three days later, on June 3.
