In Kryvyi Rih, a man threatened passersby with a grenade (PHOTO).

A man has been detained in the Kryvyi Rih district for threatening to detonate a grenade in the middle of the street. This information was reported by "Vidomo" citing the Main Directorate of the National Police in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The police received a report of the crime on January 7.

In one of the streets of the village of Niva Trudova, the perpetrator approached a group of citizens and began to provoke them, then pulled a grenade from his pocket, threatening to blow it up.

A crime scene investigation team quickly arrived at the location, and the officers detained the suspect in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

The police confiscated an F-1 grenade and the man’s obsession with it.

On January 8, investigators informed the suspect of charges under Part 1 of Article 263 (illegal handling of weapons, military supplies, or explosives) and Part 4 of Article 296 (hooliganism) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The investigation is ongoing.