Gunman is shot dead after at least six killed

A GUNMAN who killed at least six people in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, before taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket on Saturday, was shot and killed by police, Ukrainian officials said.

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Ukraine's special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, the head of Ukraine's interior ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media. The attacker was killed while resisting arrest, he said.

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Mr Klymenko said that the gunman had killed four bystanders while on the street, before entering the supermarket and killing a fifth person.