Police seek attacker after recruitment officer wounded in Sheptytskyi

A territorial recruitment centre serviceman was wounded in the neck in Sheptytskyi, Lviv region, on October 11 and is in intensive care, regional police said.

Police said preliminary findings indicated that the attack happened during mobilisation notifications and checks of military registration documents. An unidentified man struck a member of the notification team, possibly with a knife, before fleeing. Police did not report identifying or detaining the attacker.

Other team members provided first aid and called an ambulance. District police units and regional criminal investigators joined the search. Authorities were still determining the legal classification when they issued their statement. They did not give the victim’s age or further details about his condition beyond his admission to intensive care.