Man in military uniform opens fire in Ukraine’s Ternopil, leaving two dead

Police in Ternopil region detained an armed man who was shooting at people, Report informs via Censor.Net.

He was a 45-year-old resident of the Zhytomyr region.

According to preliminary information, two people died as a result of the incident, and three others were injured and taken to hospital.

"On Wednesday, 15 August, at about 3:35 p.m. (GMT+3), the special line 102 received a report that in the village of Dobrovody, Ternopil district, an unknown man dressed in a military uniform had fired several shots from an automatic weapon in the direction of people and fled," the police said.

As noted, a special police operation was launched in the region to search for the offender. Law enforcement officers identified the suspect and his possible direction of travel. As a result of further coordinated actions involving officers of the Rapid Operational Response Unit (RORU) special detachment, the man involved in the crime was detained. The police seized the weapon from him.