Police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a suspected perpetrator of the Lviv terrorist attack, described as a Ukrainian citizen and woman.

Police together with the SBU detained the alleged terrorist who attacked law enforcement officers in Lviv

The detained suspect is a woman and a citizen of Ukraine

The police, in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine, have arrested a suspected saboteur

According to Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi, the detainee is a woman and a citizen of Ukraine

The officer killed was identified as 23-year-old Viktoriia Shpylka, a native of Volyn Oblast who moved with her parents to Kherson

She graduated from Lviv State University of Internal Affairs and joined the patrol police, first serving in Kherson Oblast and since 2023 in Lviv Oblast

A 23-year-old police officer was killed and 24 people were injured in a terrorist attack in Lviv

The officer killed was Viktoriia Shpylka, originally from Volyn region who later moved to Kherson

She graduated from Lviv State University of Internal Affairs and joined the patrol police

She first served in the Kherson region and since 2023 in the Lviv region

A patrol police service vehicle and a civilian vehicle were damaged

Preliminary reports indicate that improvised explosive devices detonated

At around 00:30, a report was received about a break-in at a store on Danylyshyna Street

After a patrol police crew arrived, an explosion occurred. When a second crew arrived, another explosion went off