{"id":320918,"date":"2026-04-19T00:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320918"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:19:07","slug":"russian-gunman-kills-no-less-than-six-people-in-kyiv-terror-attack-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/russian-gunman-kills-no-less-than-six-people-in-kyiv-terror-attack-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian gunman kills no less than six people in Kyiv ‘terror attack’ | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Moscow-born gunman, 58, also took hostages and barricaded himself in a supermarket where he was later shot and killed by police (Picture: Reuters\/east2west)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not less than six people have been killed in a mass shooting in Kyiv earlier today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Moscow-born gunman, 58, also took hostages and barricaded himself in a supermarket where he was later shot and killed by police.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Security Service said the shooting was being investigated as a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that the shooting happened within the leafy Holosiivskyi district, injuring 14 people, including a 12-year-old boy.<\/p>\n

\u2018He took hostages and unfortunately, considered one of them was killed,\u2019 Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

\u20184 people died simply on the road. One woman died in hospital after being seriously wounded.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Shootings of this nature are extremely rare in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear whether there could also be any link with the continued war with Russia.<\/p>\n

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A Rapid Operational Response Unit member stands by an armoured vehicle outisde a supermarket (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The gunman was \u2018liquidated\u2019 on the scene (Picture: Kyiv Operativny\/e2w)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The automated weapon discarded on the scene (Picture: east2west news)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Video from the scene showed emergency crews loading no less than one body into an ambulance.<\/p>\n

Unofficial Telegram channels quoted witnesses saying the gunman had moved down a street shooting people at point-blank range abruptly before entering the supermarket.<\/p>\n

Special tactical units stormed the shop after efforts to interact with a negotiator failed.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko confirmed in a Telegram update: \u2018The shooter in Kyiv was liquidated in the course of the arrest.<\/p>\n

\u2018Special forces of the\u2026national police stormed the shop where the attacker was.<\/p>\n

\u2018He took people hostage and shot at a policeman during his detention. Before that, negotiators tried to contact him.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A policeman walks past a hole made out of a bullet in a window of the supermarket (Picture: AFP via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chatting with reporters on the scene, Klymenko said that the gunman had killed 4 bystanders while on the road, before entering the supermarket and killing a fifth person.<\/p>\n

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a sixth victim, a young woman, died from her injuries within the hospital.<\/p>\n

Zelensky later wrote on social media that the shooter was born in Russia and had lived in Ukraine\u2019s eastern city of Donetsk for a \u2018very long time\u2019.<\/p>\n

He also said that the attacker had set fire to his apartment before going out into the road armed.<\/p>\n

Klymenko said the person was carrying a carbine. The short-barrel assault rifle was legally registered, he added.<\/p>\n

Last December, the assailant \u2018approached the licensing authorities to have the weapon test-fired because the permit was expiring\u2019, he said, adding: \u2018He provided a medical certificate. He had also submitted an application to renew his permit for the weapon. That’s all we are able to say for now.\u2019<\/p>\n

He added that the investigation will determine which health center issued the certificate.<\/p>\n

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