Interior Ministry has taken control of the
criminal case on Kushnaryov’s death, instituted by Izyum regional prosecutor’s
office.
The main version of the incident which
caused death of Party of Regions deputy Yevhen Kushnaryov is casual handling
with gun.
Izyum department of Interior Ministry reported that
Dmytro Zavalny shot Yevhen Kushnaryov with Italian carbine Benelli Argo during going
around the chase they rent.
Deputy chief of Kharkiv regional police department
Valentyn Fesyunin told that according to witnesses, January 16 Kushnaryov and
his friend came to the Izym city and went to forests, where a group of his
friends was waiting for him. Then they decided to go around the chase – they took
two hunting rifles, got into Toyota Land Cruiser and went to the forests. In
some time they saw a wolf running parallel to their car. The car stopped, the
wolf ran ahead. Kushnaryov and the driver (probably Zavalny) jumped out the car
with guns and went in different directions. In some seconds, people in the car
heard firing shots and later – cries for help.
“Yevhen and the driver ran in different direction, but
it was dark already and they were in bushes, plus hunter’s heat – so he did not
notice,” Fesyunin explained.
According to Oleksandr Nechyporenko, official of
Kharkiv regional state administration, the only suspect in this case is old
friend of Kushnaryov Dmytro Zavalny. Presumably, it was he, who shot
Kushnaryov.
Tetyna Bahteyeva, member of PR faction and experienced
doctor, said that according to her data, the bullet entered from the right in hypochondrium
on-the-miter.
“It passed through liver, right kidney and bowels. Probably, it came from above. It is rather suspicious. Law enforcement officials must investigate this situation very thoroughly,”
the expert said.
