The Dnepropetrovsk Terrorists Have Confessed to Three Attacks
Ukrainian Komsomolskaya Pravda - 12 June 2012
by Алла ДУНИНА
translated by Phil
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The Ukrainian Security Service has combined the cases from last year's bombings in Kharkov, Zaporozhia and Dnepropetrovsk together.
Investigators have no doubt that the bombings that occurred throughout eastern Ukraine from last October through this April were the handiwork of the 4 residents of Dnepropetrovsk detained a week ago.
"The suspects gave evidence that supported the crime scene and while at the scene they showed how and where the explosives where hidden", said the head of the Security Service Igor Kalinin. He added that they have collected all the necessary evidence including camera pictures showing the suspects. They are also familiar with the types of explosives used and their assembly. There is even evidence that the suspects threatened to bomb Donetsk on a website.
According to the Security Service the motive that compelled the 4 men to the attacks was asking for $4.5 million dollars, 10 cents for every Ukrainian. The attacks had no political motive at all. All of the attacks were combined into one case because the sum demanded by the terrorists after last years bombings in Kharkov, Zaporozhia and Dnepropetrovsk was the same. Previously they demanded money from businessmen whose supermarkets they had planted with explosives and this time they demanded it from law enforcement.
"They prepared well for the bombings this past April in Dnepropetrovsk", said Ivan Derevianko, head of the investigative department. They read spy novels, changed their phone's sim cards, hid their internet addresses and even changed their credit cards and how they use them. At the same time they were so convinced they were still being followed that every night they would walk under the windows of the Security Service building in Dnepropetrovsk and check whether anyone followed them or not.
Therefore, the suspects had quite a few pictures of the Security Service not even counting the additional ones they had paid for to be taken then delivered in a package thrown from a train along with extra credit cards. However, their spy-for-hire game stopped after the suspects threatened to blow up a playground.
As an investigator who participated in the suspects arrest told KP: when the leader of the Security Service arrived at the suspect's apartment, he nearly collapsed in surprise.
"The suspects are testifying and we hope it's straightforward", said the head of the Security Service Igor Kalinin. "There has been no physical or psychological pressure put on them. We hope that by September the investigation will be complete and the case can go to court."
Click here for the original article in Russian
The Ukrainian Security Service has combined the cases from last year's bombings in Kharkov, Zaporozhia and Dnepropetrovsk together.
Investigators have no doubt that the bombings that occurred throughout eastern Ukraine from last October through this April were the handiwork of the 4 residents of Dnepropetrovsk detained a week ago.
"The suspects gave evidence that supported the crime scene and while at the scene they showed how and where the explosives where hidden", said the head of the Security Service Igor Kalinin. He added that they have collected all the necessary evidence including camera pictures showing the suspects. They are also familiar with the types of explosives used and their assembly. There is even evidence that the suspects threatened to bomb Donetsk on a website.
According to the Security Service the motive that compelled the 4 men to the attacks was asking for $4.5 million dollars, 10 cents for every Ukrainian. The attacks had no political motive at all. All of the attacks were combined into one case because the sum demanded by the terrorists after last years bombings in Kharkov, Zaporozhia and Dnepropetrovsk was the same. Previously they demanded money from businessmen whose supermarkets they had planted with explosives and this time they demanded it from law enforcement.
"They prepared well for the bombings this past April in Dnepropetrovsk", said Ivan Derevianko, head of the investigative department. They read spy novels, changed their phone's sim cards, hid their internet addresses and even changed their credit cards and how they use them. At the same time they were so convinced they were still being followed that every night they would walk under the windows of the Security Service building in Dnepropetrovsk and check whether anyone followed them or not.
Therefore, the suspects had quite a few pictures of the Security Service not even counting the additional ones they had paid for to be taken then delivered in a package thrown from a train along with extra credit cards. However, their spy-for-hire game stopped after the suspects threatened to blow up a playground.
As an investigator who participated in the suspects arrest told KP: when the leader of the Security Service arrived at the suspect's apartment, he nearly collapsed in surprise.
"The suspects are testifying and we hope it's straightforward", said the head of the Security Service Igor Kalinin. "There has been no physical or psychological pressure put on them. We hope that by September the investigation will be complete and the case can go to court."
