A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman
NPR • • world
Key Points:
- A gunman armed with an automatic weapon killed six people and took hostages inside a supermarket in Kyiv before being shot and killed by police after a 40-minute standoff.
- At least 14 others were wounded and hospitalized; the attacker also set fire to an apartment prior to the shooting.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy identified the 58-year-old attacker as a Russian-born individual with a criminal record who had lived in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.
- Authorities described the incident as an act of terrorism, with police neutralizing the gunman after failed negotiation attempts during which hostages were held inside the store.
- Residents in the Holosiivskyi district recognized the attacker as a solitary man who appeared educated and refined, contradicting his violent actions.
