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Eight people remain in hospital after Kyiv shooting, mayor says
Police said the gunman took hostages and was killed after a 40-minute standoff, while investigators examine the attack as possible terrorism.
- On Saturday, a Russian-born gunman opened fire in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, killing six people before police shot him dead following a 40-minute supermarket standoff with hostages.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the attacker set fire to an apartment before the shooting, noting he had a prior criminal record, long resided in Donetsk, and displayed an unstable mental state.
- Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported on Sunday that eight people remain hospitalized, including a child whose parents were killed, while witnesses screamed 'run away, hide' as chaos erupted.
- Investigators from the Security Service are treating the incident as a terrorist act while authorities probe how the gunman obtained medical clearances and his firearms permit.
- Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko stated the ministry intends to draft a civilian firearms bill, asserting 'people should have the right to armed self-defense' amid intensified debate over permit regulations.
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‘People were screaming... there was a man firing a machine gun’ – Russian gunman opens fire in Kyiv, Ukraine, killing six people
Eight people including a child remain hospitalised in Kyiv after being wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said yesterday.
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On April 18, a shooting occurred in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, resulting in the death of six people and the injury of at least 14 others. This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to preliminary data, the attacker shot four people on the street and another one in a supermarket. After that, he barricaded himself …
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