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The Security Service of Ukraine has said that the weapons which were used against activists of the Revolution of Dignity 2013-2014 were found in Holosiyivsky district in Kyiv.

On August 12, 2015, it was reported that firearms were found in Holosiyivsky district of Kyiv, Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Hryhoriy Ostafiychuk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday. “Fragments of firearms were found in a body of water and the coastal zone,” he said.

According to Ostafiychuk, the examination showed that these weapons were used on the Maidan.

Ostafiychuk also said that they needed to hold more examinations to be absolutely certain that these are the guns which were used for killing the protesters.

For his part, Head of the Special Investigations Directorate of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Serhiy Horbatiuk has explained that they were talking about the weapons of officers of the Berkut riot police.

“Fragments of 23 Kalashnikov guns were found. 24 guns had disappeared from the unit. So far, twelve firearms have been clearly identified. This is the weapons that we were looking for,” he stressed.