Rifle Used to Kill Maidan Protesters Found

On July 14, investigative officers of Prosecutor General’s Office (GPU) found parts of a sniper rifle which Berkut police officers used to fire at Maidan protesters near Zhovtnevyi Palace, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko reported on his Facebook page.

"Today we conducted searches to find elements of weapons which – as everyone was able to see – Berkut officers used for the bloody shooting of Maidan. Elements of a sniper rifle and assault rifles were found in a lake, we will use them as yet more evidence during the court proceeding," he claimed.

Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Volodymyr Ariev informed that the elements of weapons were found in a pond in Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. "The weapons were concealed by the same persons who helped Berkut officers to escape from Kyiv upon the request of ex-Interior Minister Zakharchenko. The investigators know their names – so far, they have not been disclosed for legal reasons. But when they are, it will be a bombshell," he asserted.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda