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At Least Six People Killed in Mass Shooting in Ukraine

HeadlineApr 20, 2026

In Ukraine, at least six people were killed and over a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire on crowds in the streets of Kyiv Saturday. The 58-year-old suspect, who has not been named, was killed by police after he took several people hostage inside a supermarket. Authorities are investigating the mass shooting as an act of terrorism. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacker was born in Russia, had lived in the Donetsk region, and set fire to an apartment before taking to the streets in a shooting rampage.

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