Ukraine: After a Shooting that Killed Seven People, the Debate on the Legalization of Firearms Is Reinvigorated

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The recent murderous shooting in Kiev revives political tensions around the regulation of firearms in a country marked by the conflict with Russia Seven dead and accused police officers

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A scene of violence has provoked the anger of Ukrainian citizens, but this time it has nothing to do with the war. A man left his home in Kiev on April 18 armed with his rifle and on a 300-meter walk-through killed seven people, until he was shot down by special forces of the National Police. The news caught headlines, but he did not receive as much attention as the controversy that would come from the next day: videos of testimonies broadcast o…

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The behavior of the patrol policemen who left the wounded boy and escaped during the events of April 18 in Kiev is a great shame, the patrolmen could at least take positions and bring weapons into battle, said the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klymenko.

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The Foreign Minister identified key mistakes in the actions of the police officers who fled the shooter. The patrol officers who fled the scene of the shooting in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district should have tried to stop the criminal by all means necessary. According to RBC-Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klimenko stated this during a meeting with the media. Read also: Another Kyiv shooting victim dies in hospital. "The first call to the police was…

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The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko is a great shame to the actions of law enforcement officers who fled during the shooting in Kiev. Then all the police officers acted professionally.

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The prosecution will study the full text of the court's decision - Prosecutor General on the choice of a preventive measure for patrol officers who fled during the terrorist attack in Kyiv. Two police officers were ordered to be held in custody with a bail of 266 thousand hryvnias. They are suspected of official negligence, which led to the death of people.