Police in Kyiv have arrested a 53-year-old man accused of stabbing a 41-year-old acquaintance in the abdomen at a supermarket after a dispute over money for alcohol, Kyiv police said. The incident happened in a store on an unspecified day when the two men argued in the sales area. During the fight, the accused allegedly tried to take cash from the victim and then struck him in the stomach with a sharp metal object, before fleeing. A resident reported the stabbing to police. Medics, an investigative team and detectives were dispatched to the scene. Police said they identified the attacker with the help of criminal intelligence analysts and began a search. Within a few hours, they located the suspect on a street and detained him under Article 208 of Ukraine’s Criminal Procedure Code. Investigators also said they seized the weapon used in the attack. Prosecutors for the Desnianskyi District led the case and notified the man of suspicion under Part 1 of Article 121 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, for intentional grievous bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison. A court ordered the suspect held in custody while the investigation continues. The case remains under investigation with the suspect in custody, accused of grievous bodily harm.