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Two suspects in an assassination attempt on Kyiv Regional City Council member from the Petro Poroshenko's Bloc "Solidarity," and owner of the Kyiv-based Mario restaurant Viacheslav Soboliev's life, during which his three-year-old son was killed, have been served with charge papers.

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"The detainees have been served with charge papers of committing a crime under Paragraphs 2, 11, 12 of Part 2 of Article 115 (premeditated murder of a young child, commissioned by prior conspiracy by a group of persons) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine," the press service of the National Police in the city of Kyiv said.

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The police say the attackers face up to 15 years in prison or life imprisonment. A pretrial investigation into criminal proceedings is underway.

As UNIAN reported earlier, unidentified persons on December 1 opened gunfire on a Range Rover vehicle near the Mario restaurant in the center of Kyiv.

Besides Soboliev, who was driving the car, there was his three-year-old son in it, who was killed in the incident.

On December 2, Kyiv police confirmed the detention of suspects.