KIEV, July 21 ??“ Ukraine??™s police 11used a trick that provoked Rinat Akhmetov to identify himself, backing suspicions of his alleged involvement in a shooting incident 17 years ago, a senior police officer said Thursday.

Henadiy Moskal, the deputy internal affairs minister, said the police now suspect Akhmetov of an attempt to kill a gang leader in 1988, after his people had recently contacted the victim.