KIEV, Sept. 4 – A total of 169 people have been arrested and 39 people injured as a result of an attempt to seize the Tavria cognac plant in Nova Kakhovka, Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko said.

He said in Kiev on Friday that 39 people had been hospitalized with various injuries as a result of the raider attack on the plant. Lutsenko said that the victims also included two police officers who suffered gunshot wounds.

Police also arrested 169 people involved in the clash, he said.

"One hundred and sixty-nine people have been arrested, and they are currently being held at various police departments. Of these, 116 have been identified. All of them had been members of a certain security agency but are currently jobless," Lutsenko said.