DPR: military prosecutors have tracked down perpetrators of Givi killing
DONETSK. Feb 9 (Interfax) - The military prosecutors of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has tracked down the perpetrators of the killing of militiaman Givi, DPR Defense Ministry official Eduard Basurin told reporters on Thursday.
"The military prosecutor opened a criminal case on the basis of the article dealing with terrorism, tracked down the perpetrators, and found the place from where the shot was fired," Basurin said.
Mikhail Tolstykh, commander of the Somali battalion (nicknamed Givi), was killed in his office in the morning of February 8. A Shmel rocket-propelled flamethrower was used to kill him. The DPR State Security Ministry has accused the Ukrainian special services of organizing the Tolstykh killing. Ukrainian Defense Ministry official Oleksandr Motuzyanik has denied the accusations of Ukrainian saboteurs' involvement in the Givi killing.
