Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says five killed in Kyiv shooting

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said on Saturday that five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a Kyiv district.

Zelenskyy, in a post on Telegram quoting Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, said 10 people were being treated in hospital. Four people taken hostage by the suspect were rescued.

Klymenko earlier stated that the Ukrainian police akilled a man who opened fire in a city district and barricaded himself into a supermarket.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who earlier said the suspect had killed two people, said there were also people killed inside the store.

"The shooter in Kyiv was liquidated during the arrest," Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

"Special forces of the...national police stormed the store where the attacker was. He took people hostage and shot at a policeman during his detention. Before that, negotiators tried to contact him."

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