Ukrainian law enforcement detained a suspected perpetrator of the Lviv police bombing, with investigations ongoing to identify other individuals involved in the crime.
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The National Police, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, have detained the suspected attacker responsible for the Lviv police bombing.
We are identifying other individuals involved in committing this crime.
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
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
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
A 23-year-old policewoman was killed during the terrorist attack in Lviv
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