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Gunman Kills Six in Kyiv

Gunman Kills Six in Kyiv

Ukrainian authorities are investigating a horrific incident in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district where a 58-year-old gunman killed six civilians.

After the initial street shooting, the suspect barricaded himself inside a supermarket, prompting a high-stakes standoff with law enforcement.

Negotiators attempted to communicate with the man for 40 minutes before tactical units stormed the building and fatally shot him.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims as the Security Service of Ukraine treats the event as a potential terrorist act.

Kyiv
Capital and largest city of Ukraine
Ukraine
Country in Eastern Europe
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine since 2019
Vitali Klitschko
Ukrainian boxer and politician (1971-)
Security Service of Ukraine
National intelligence and law enforcement agency of Ukraine