The incident occurred on August 1 in the village of Chermalik, Mariupol district. A conflict arose between local residents and a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during which a 47-year-old military man fired several times into the ground from a Stechkin submachine gun. One of the bullets ricocheted and hit an 18-year-old girl in the leg. About 50 local residents came out in defense of the victim and took the weapon from the suspect. Soon 25 military man from service man' unit arrived at the place to stop the conflict. An investigation is currently underway.