A gunman who killed at least five people in the streets of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said.
The head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media that special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed. The attacker was killed while resisting arrest, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least five people were killed and that 10 more had been hospitalised.
The shooting took place in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Televised footage of the scene showed police taking cover in the shopping mall that housed the supermarket while shots were fired. Bystanders were escorted away from the scene.
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AP
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