The energy released in an explosion of a device in a Toyota Camry car downtown Kyiv killing Georgian citizen Timur Makhauri and injuring two more persons equaled from 600 grams to 1 kilogram of TNT equivalent, the Ukrainian interior minister’s advisor, Zoryan Shkiriak, has said.
“The investigation continues. According to preliminary information of experts, the energy released in the explosion was from 600 grams to 1 kg of TNT equivalent. All the required operational and investigative actions are underway and circumstances are being clarified, Shkiriak on the 112.Ukraine TV on Saturday.
He said that the place of installation of explosives in the car and its type is being clarified.
The investigators are working out several versions of this crime.
“We are working on all the versions that are possible … Taking into account the deceased person, he was not an ordinary person, today everything is being done to establish all the circumstances of this crime. I could be, of course, the FSB, that is Russian security service. It may be a contract murder. It may be personal enmity and skirmish between the business and criminals. The operational-investigation groups must be given an opportunity to actively work in order to thoroughly understand this heinous crime,” Shkiriak said.
He also did not rule out that one of the factors in the murder of Makhauri could be his participation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in the Donbas.
