“According to the minister, the nature of the blow indicates that the purpose was the penitentiary institution, so now all the circumstances of the attack are carefully studied.”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“There are bomb shelters in the colony, and during air alarm convicts go down there. But this time, unfortunately, because of the nature of the impact, it was impossible to use the shelter. We are currently studying all the circumstances, including how this blow was precisely, ”Galushchenko said, quoted by the Ministry of Justice’s press service.
According to the minister, the nature of the blow indicates that the purpose was the penitentiary institution, so now all the circumstances of the attack are carefully studied.
Galushchenko also emphasized the need for international reaction to a purposeful strike of the aggressor state at a penitentiary institution.
“We have already appealed to international organizations to come to the scene, and recorded this fact of deliberate terrorism. Shelling of institutions where people are held is a direct violation of international humanitarian law, ”the minister added.
Late on the evening of July 28, the forces of the Russian Federation by four Kabami struck the territory of the Bilenko Correctional Colony. According to the State Criminal Enforcement Service, 17 people were killed, 42 more were injured.