UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Apr. 6 — On Apr. 6, a local attacked an employee of the Kharkiv recruitment center with a knife, said the press service of the Kharkiv recruitment center.

According to the press service, the local man attacked the employee as the latter came up to verify their ID and military registration documents and notify him, a man who looked eligible for military service, that he must go to the recruitment center.

The recruitment employee got a knife injury to the abdomen, and he was hospitalized. The alleged attacker escaped from the scene. The police found and arrested the man.

Earlier, a Lviv local killed an employee of the recruitment center during the notification process. The man attacked the employee with a knife in the neck, and he died at the scene. The police had arrested the suspected killer.

Also, the press service reported that on Apr. 1, a Kharkiv oblast local drove over an employee of the recruitment center during his ID check. The man didn’t give his documents and tried to escape, striking the officer with his car. The recruitment employee was hospitalized.

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