Ukrainian Politician Detonated Multiple Hand Grenades During A Tense Council Meeting, Injuring At Least 26 People

Ukrainian Politician Detonated Multiple Hand Grenades During A Tense Council Meeting, Injuring At Least 26 People

A Ukrainian village counselor detonated hand grenades inside a meeting in an attack that was caught on camera and left 26 people injured, 6 of them in critical condition.

According to the NY Post, the tragic incident took place Friday morning at the headquarters of the village council of Keretsky, in western Ukraine’s mountainous Zakarpattia region.

The video released by the police came from a live video stream of the meeting provided by the town council on social media. The man walks into the meeting about 1.5 hours into the debate and just stood by the door before taking the grenades out of his pockets.

Ukrainian politician detonated multiple hand grenades during a tense council meeting, injuring at least 26 people. 😳 pic.twitter.com/QrEO3OtcyT

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Shortly after, chaos erupts and the room can be seen going dark from all the smoke.

Police haven’t named who the man is but a local newspaper reported that he was identified as Serhiy Batryn, a parliamentarian who is a member of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party.

A lot of madness in the world.