Ukrainian police shoot dead gunman who killed at least 5 and took hostages in a supermarket

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A gunman who killed at least five people in the streets of Kyiv 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.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least five people were killed and 10 more were hospitalized.

The shooting took place in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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