(Morning News) The Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior said on Thursday (January 27) that a soldier of the National Guard was shot and killed with an automatic rifle in an aerospace factory in the east, causing five people to die and five people injured.
The shooting occurred at 3:40 am local time in DNIPRO (9:40 am in Singapore time).Police Wu revealed that among the deceased, including four soldiers and a female civilian personnel.
The Ministry of the Interior issued a statement saying that the soldier used Karashnikov's automatic rifle to fire and immediately fled the scene.According to its website, the Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant (Yuzhmash) is a aerospace factory, which produces and tests materials related to defense, aviation and agriculture.
The Ministry of the Interior said that the gunman was 21 years old and the motivation of the crime was unknown.According to the news department of the Wu National Guard, the factory area of the incident has been blocked, and the relevant departments are passing on the incident. The military department has begun internal investigation.
According to the Russian satellite news agency, Ukraine's Minister of Interior Monastiski said in Facebook that the shooting soldiers have been detained by the police and will be held accountable in accordance with the law.He also said that a committee will be established to investigate the incident.
