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Kyiv gunman kills 6 and takes hostages before being shot dead by Ukraine police

A gunman who killed at least six people in the streets of Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket…

By Samantha Johnson / April 18, 2026

A gunman who killed at least six people in the streets of Kyiv on Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said.

The head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, said in a statement on social media that special tactical police units stormed the store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed.

The attacker was killed while resisting arrest, he said.

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

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that a sixth victim, a young woman, had died from her injuries in the hospital.

Special forces officers evacuate a hostage at the site of a shooting incident, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Special forces officers evacuate a hostage at the site of a shooting incident, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Klymenko said the shooter was born in 1968 but gave no further details as to his identity. Police negotiators spoke with the attacker for roughly 40 minutes before storming the building, he said.

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