In brief
A gunman opened fire in a supermarket in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, resulting in two fatalities and multiple injuries. The attacker, who was reportedly shot by police, also took hostages during the incident. At least ten people were reported to have been hospitalized, including a child. The event has drawn significant attention from both local authorities and the media.
Two people have been killed and others injured as a person opened fire in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district, Kyiv's police force wrote on Telegram. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko later confirmed that people had been taken hostage in a supermarket and that the attacker shot at police officers before being killed. The exact number of those killed and injured is unclear, but Klitschko said at least 10 people had been taken to hospital, including a child.
