Kyiv police have opened criminal proceedings on an assault on committed against Regions Party MP Iryna Horina.
As the press service of the main police department of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry in Kyiv reported, Horina appealed to Kyiv police on violence committed against her by unknown participants of the political rally that took place outside the parliament on April 2, 2013.
As the MP reported, about 50 people with posters of the opposition forces ran after her at 4 Shovkovychna Street. Unprovoked, they aggressively started to insult her with strong language, threatened of physical violence and started to throw snow and ice at her. According to Horina, she was injured as a result.
According to the preliminary conclusion of a doctor who examined Horina in a Kyiv hospital, she received a head injury and concussion.
A report on the start of criminal proceedings has been entered on the single prejudicial inquiry register. Criminal proceedings according part 2 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on hooliganism have been opened. A prejudicial inquiry is being held.
