In Kiev, an unknown person opened fire on people. What is known

In the Holosiivsky district of Kiev, an unknown person opened fire on people. As a result of the incident, six people were killed and 15 others were injured. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

The circumstances of the incident

The incident occurred on the evening of April 18. The scene of the incident was cordoned off by police officers, and employees of the Rapid Response Corps also arrived at the scene.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the shooter is about 60 years old. He locked himself in a grocery store and took several people hostage.

Dead and injured

According to the latest information, 15 people were injured as a result of the shooting. According to the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko, one child and a supermarket security guard are among the wounded.

The death toll from the shooting in Kiev has increased to six people. Doctors treated some of the injured at the scene, Klitschko said. In particular, a four-month-old child who was poisoned by carbon monoxide in an apartment next to the one that a man set on fire before the supermarket shooting.

Elimination of the criminal

Special forces eliminated the shooter in Kiev. Law enforcement officers stormed the store where the attacker was located. As noted by the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko, the man took people hostage and shot at the police during the arrest. Before that, the negotiators tried to contact him.