FAB-500 strike on Zaporizhzhia: 38-year-old police officer killed – photos

A 38-year-old head of a Criminal Police Unit has been killed in a Russian FAB-500 aerial bomb strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia. Another detective has been injured.

Source: Andrii Niebytov, Deputy Head of the National Police of Ukraine, on social media

Quote: "The centre of Zaporizhzhia. A 500kg high-explosive aerial bomb. It struck right next to a residential building .

Police received information about a possible strike and went out to warn people. To get everyone into shelters.

Many people were saved. That is why only one person was killed – the 38-year-old head of the Criminal Police Unit."

Details: Niebytov added that another detective had been injured and suffered a traumatic amputation of several fingers. Nine civilians were also injured.

Background: Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia with two aerial bombs on 5 July, killing one person and injuring 13.

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