22 Apr 2014 19:41

Kyiv court arrests task force commander suspected of shooting people during protests

KYIV. April 22 (Interfax) - The Kyiv Appeals Court has changed the pretrial restrictive measure for Dmytro Sadovnyk, the commander of a special company of the Berkut task force, suspected of massive shootings on Independence Square in Kyiv in early February and ordered that he be arrested.

The request on changing Sadovnyk's restrictive measure from house arrest to custody was filed by the prosecution service, and the court granted it, a court spokesperson told Interfax on Friday.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is probing the shootings of people in Kyiv on February 18 and 20. Three Berkut members, i.e. a company commander, had earlier been detained and brought to court, which sanctioned the arrest of the two regular Berkut members and placed the company leader under house arrest.