The prosecutor did not specify the names of the shooters / Photo from UNIAN
The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has identified specific individuals who shot at the Euromaidan activists on Institutska Street February 20, 2014, according to the PGO official Roman Psyuk who spoke on air of Hromadske TV channel.
"To date, the prosecutors definitely have data at their disposal on the owners of the weapons the bullets were shot from, in cases when such bullets were discovered in bodies of the victims. That is, we have names of the individuals whose weapons were used," said the prosecutor.
According to the official, the bullets were discovered directly in the bodies of the victims, as well as at the scene where the tragic events took place: in the facades of the houses, on lawns, in the trunks of trees.
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