Kyiv shooting in Holosiivskyi district is being investigated as a terrorist attack
The Facts
- Ukrainian authorities are treating the Kyiv shooting as a terrorist attack.
- The attack took place in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district and included both shootings of civilians and hostage-taking in a supermarket.
- Authorities said six people were killed in the attack.
- Authorities reported that 15 people were injured in the attack.
- The suspect was killed by police during the response to the attack.
- Prosecutors opened a separate criminal investigation into police conduct during the attack, including whether officers failed in their duties.
- Two police officers seen in video leaving the scene were suspended while the investigation proceeds.
- Earlier reports that the wounded boy's mother had died were later corrected, and she was reported alive in hospital.
Context
Why are authorities calling the shooting a terrorist attack?
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said a criminal investigation was opened under Article 258.3 of Ukraine's Criminal Code, covering a terrorist attack resulting in fatalities, and the SBU also classified the shooting and hostage-taking as a terrorist act Українська …,SAPO.
What do authorities say happened during the attack?
Officials said the attacker shot at civilians in the Holosiivskyi district and then took hostages inside a supermarket before police stormed the site and killed him SAPO,Notícias ao Minuto,Terra.
What is being investigated about the police response?
Prosecutors said they opened a criminal case over possible negligence by police during the attack, specifically mentioning the alleged abandonment of a child in danger and a delayed halt to the attacker's actions; separate reports said two officers seen leaving the scene were suspended РИА Новости,РБК-Украина,SIC Notícias.
How left and right read it
The immediate horror is clear: authorities say six people were killed and 15 injured after an armed man shot civilians and took hostages in a Kyiv supermarket, in what officials are treating as a terrorist attack. But the separate investigation into police conduct, including the suspension of two officers seen leaving the scene, matters too, because public trust depends on accountability during a crisis.
Authorities are treating the Holosiivskyi district assault as a terrorist attack after a gunman shot civilians, took hostages in a supermarket, and left six people dead and 15 injured before police killed him. The follow-on investigation into whether officers failed in their duties underscores a basic expectation in moments like this: security forces must respond decisively and competently when civilians are under attack.
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