Grenade
Grenade event in Rivne area, Ukraine on Sat 4th April 2026
4th April 2026
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On the evening of Saturday, April 4, law enforcement officers in Rivne detained a man who was in the status of a terrorist and threatened to detonate two grenades.
Source : Rivne Region Police
Details : The police report states that on Saturday at around 8:30 p.m., the police received a report from a National Guard serviceman that during a check on Soborna Street in Rivne, a 43-year-old resident of the village of Orzhiv pulled out a grenade from his pocket and threatened to blow it up.
All necessary law enforcement agencies were dispatched to the scene.
As noted in a police press release, law enforcement officers negotiated with the attacker for over three hours.
Verbatim from the police report: "As a result of their (negotiations – ed.) police detained the man. As it turned out, he was in the status of a deserter (unauthorized abandonment of the unit)."
"One ammunition, tied with a cable tie, is in the river, the other has been neutralized and seized. They will be sent for examination."
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Ukraine (UKR)
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