18-year-old accomplice of woman suspected of committing terrorist attack in Lviv wanted USD 100 for fake call to police

Law enforcement officers served suspicion to an 18-year-old resident of Kharkiv, whom the investigation considers an accomplice of the female suspect in organizing the terrorist attack in Lviv. On the day of the terrorist attack, the girl called the police and reported that unknown people had entered the grocery store. When the police arrived at the scene, explosions were heard.

This was stated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

According to the investigation, at the time of the terrorist attack, the girl was in Kharkiv. She acted on the instructions of the curator together with her accomplice. At the appointed moment, she called the police and read a pre-prepared text that unknown people had broken into the store.

When the patrol officers arrived at the store in Lviv, a homemade explosive device was remotely activated there. When a second crew of law enforcement officers and a National Guard infantry unit arrived at the location, another explosion occurred.

The investigation established that in January of this year, the girl began looking for "easy money" in Telegram channels and came under the attention of russian special services. For a false report of a "theft", she expected to receive USD 100.

She is charged with Part 2 of Article 383 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - knowingly false report of a criminal offense.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the woman who committed the terrorist attack in Lviv had an 18-year-old accomplice. She has already been found and detained. On the night of February 22, after the police arrived on a call about breaking into a store, explosions occurred in the central part of Lviv, which took the life of a policewoman and injured 25 people. The SSU qualified the event as a terrorist attack. The alleged female bomber was detained.