At least six people, including a child, were killed and nine were injured as a gunman opened fire in the street and inside supermarket in Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday.
The 58-old-shooter identified as Ruslan Kravchenko and born in Moscow is also dead, according to Ukraine’s Attorney General. According to preliminary reports, the gunman used automatic rifle to open fire on a street in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, killing four bystanders in the street before hiding inside a supermarket where killed the fifth person and taking hostages. The six persons shot by Kravchenko died in the hospital. Among the killed ins
Before the assailant was shot, a police negotiator, wearing body armor and standing behind an armored vehicle, used a loudspeaker to call out to the assailant, urging him to release the hostages. Police negotiators spoke with the attacker for roughly 40 minutes before storming the building.
"We tried to persuade him, knowing that there was likely a wounded person inside. We even offered to bring in tourniquets to stop the bleeding, but he did not respond. Consequently, the order was given to neutralize him,” the head of Ukraine's Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko said.
The official said the assailant approached licensing authorities to obtain a permit for the weapon last December. 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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