The death toll from the shooting in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district on 18 April has risen to seven: a man whose life doctors had been fighting to save has died in hospital.
Quote: "Medics have reported that a man injured by the gunman in the Holosiivskyi district has died in hospital. He was in a critical condition. Doctors fought to save his life but unfortunately were unable to do so."
Details: The mayor noted that seven of those injured in the attack are currently being treated in Kyiv hospitals. One of them is a child. Of the adults, four are in intensive care and two are in the polytrauma unit.
All of them are receiving all the necessary medical treatment from doctors.
The total death toll from the shooting in the Holosiivskyi district has now reached seven.
Previously: Investigators are treating the killing of civilians in Kyiv as a terrorist attack that resulted in fatalities.
Background:
On 18 April, a man opened fire in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district, killing and injuring people. Police conducted a special operation to detain the attacker.
According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, his name was Dmytro Vasylchenkov and he was born on 21 April 1968 in Moscow. He held Ukrainian citizenship and had previously lived in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, before moving to Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that five people were killed and 10 hospitalised, and four hostages were rescued.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko later confirmed that the shooter was a 58-year-old Moscow-born man.
Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the attacker who carried out the shooting in Kyiv used a legally registered firearm.
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