A man who had taken a senior police officer hostage a week in the past and then escaped used to be killed by way of police exceptional forces in central Ukraine early on Saturday when he took a new hostage and exploded a grenade, a senior authorities reputable said.
The man, referred to as Roman Skrypnyk,
was once located by means of a police officer in the early hours in an
uninhabited residence outdoor the central town of Poltava, deputy indoors
minister’ Anton Gerashchenko said.
"Skrypnyk, threatening with a
grenade, took a policeman hostage. The crook was once killed by way of police
unique forces after a well-aimed shot," Gerashchenko wrote on Facebook.
The hostage had solely a few seconds to
bounce clear when the grenade exploded however was once unharmed, Gerashchenko
said, giving no details.
Police did no longer title the hostage
taker, however proven the killing, barring giving small print of the incident.
Gerashchenko said it was once Skrypnyk who
had taken a police officer hostage on July 23’ in Poltava and pushed off with
him earlier than forsaking each the vehicle and the officer and walking into a
forest’.
In a separate incident in Ukraine before
this month, an armed man held thirteen human beings captive on a bus for hours
earlier than releasing them.
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