A gunman opened hearth in Kyiv on Saturday, killing at the least 5 individuals, wounding others and taking hostages at a grocery store earlier than being killed throughout an arrest try, officers stated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that at the least 5 individuals had been useless and 10 hospitalised with wounds and trauma after the capturing in a residential district of the capital.
“The attacker in Kyiv who opened fire on civilians has been eliminated,” Zelensky stated on social media, providing “condolences to the families and loved ones” of the victims.
Footage posted by the UNIAN information company, which AFP was unable to instantly confirm, confirmed a person carrying a gun and capturing at an individual from a detailed vary close to a block of flats.
The suspect later entered a grocery store the place gunshots had been heard, Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko stated on Saturday.
“Four hostages have been rescued,” Zelensky stated within the social media put up.
Ukraine’s police stated that its particular forces had been deployed to the scene within the Holosiivskyi district within the metropolis’s south.
The assailant’s motive was not recognized and Zelensky stated that “all the circumstances are being established”, urging “a swift investigation”.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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