On 15 December 2023, Serhiy Batryn, 54, a Ukrainian councilman, detonated three grenades at a meeting in the village of Keretsky,

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, Ukraine. The resulting explosions killed one person and injured 26 others, six of them gravely. A second person died one month later as a result of the injuries.

Aftermath

Batryn was later taken to an intensive care unit. A suicide note was found in Batryn's home. The event was

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and posted on

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by the

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. Batryn is facing life imprisonment.

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