The Harju County Court on Thursday took into custody the man suspected of throwing a grenade into a kitchen in the Lasnamae district of Tallinn and injuring three people in the course.
Court takes into custody suspect of grenade explosion in Tallinn
12th September 2013, 17:54
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The North district prosecutor's office applied for the suspect to be taken into custody and the court agreed.
The national security police on Tuesday evening detained the 50-year-old suspect in Harju County and the man didn't resist the arrest.
On the night of Sept. 6 a 50-year-old man threw a grenade into a kitchen at Paekaare Street 40 in the course of a conflict. The three people that were in the kitchen at the moment were injured. The victims were two women born in 1966 and 1968 and a man born in 1964.
According to the prosecutor's office it wasn't a domestic conflict but a disagreement between acquaintances.
The suspect has a previous criminal penalty for illegal handling of a firearm.
The national security police have started criminal proceedings on the grounds of the characteristics of an attempted murder. The investigation is led by the North district prosecutor's office.