Keretsky grenade incident

Keretsky grenade incident
LocationKeretsky, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Date15 December 2023
c. 11:37 a.m (UTC+2)
TargetVillage council members
WeaponsThree RGD-5 and F-1 fragmentation grenades
Deaths2
Injured25 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorSerhiy Batryn
MotiveDissatisfaction with council raising their own salaries

On 15 December 2023, Serhiy Batryn, 54, a Ukrainian councilman, detonated three grenades at a meeting in the village of Keretsky, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The resulting explosions killed one person and injured 26 others, six of them gravely. A second person died one month later as a result of the injuries.

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