Mykolaiv, - Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office has said it has irrefutable evidence of the guilt of three suspects in the Vradiivka case.
“There is currently irrefutable evidence of the involvement of all of the three suspects in the rape case in Vradiivka,” Regional Prosecutor Andriy Kurys said at a press conference in Mykolaiv on Monday.
However, the prosecutor did not specify what evidence proves this.
While speaking about the reclassification of the Vradiivka case, Kurys noted that this issue would be resolved after all of the materials of the case are received.
As reported, on June 26, two police officers and a taxi driver pulled a 29-year-old woman into a car in the town of Vradiivka, Mykolaiv region, took her to a nearby forest, where they beat her up and raped her. The victim was hospitalized with fractures of the skull, cuts to the head and face, and multiple severe bruises.
She told investigators the names of the rapists, but the police showed reluctance to arrest one of them.
These events triggered protests against abuses by the police in Vradiivka and other cities of Ukraine.
On July 7, activists went to Kyiv in a procession. On July 18, they put up two tents on the Independence Square and demanded the resignation of Interior Minister of Ukraine Vitaliy Zakharchenko.
