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Police identified the gunman as 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh, a native from Russia, Reuters reported. They found social media posts purportedly written by Kryvosh demanding that senior Ukrainian officials publish statements saying that they were terrorists. He also threatened to detonate another bomb in a crowded area.

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Clob94 said:

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Probably a little too far north and west to be Islamic. Perhaps someone from Chechnya---- but I'm leaning toward some drunk Ukrainian with an axe to grind.

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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No. See above. He's just the garden variety nut job demanding officials label themselves as terrorists.

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"The attacker threw a grenade from the bus, which, fortunately, did not detonate," a statement said, adding that the assailant was believed to have undergone psychiatric treatment, according to AFP.
Gerashchenko said Kryvosh had been convicted twice and spent about 10 years behind bars for offenses including robbery, fraud and illegal arms handling.

Viktor Kroshko, head of the Volyn Oblast police, told reporters that the man's demands were "rather vague."

"He is generally unsatisfied with the political situation in the country," he said, according to NBC News.
Ukraine has been fighting Russian-backed separatists since 2014 and has been struggling with a proliferation of illegal weapons. More than 13,000 people have been killed in the fighting so far.

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