The tragedy in Kiev resulted in a scandal: the police ran away from the shooter, abandoning the child

Yesterday's tragedy in Kiev resulted in a scandal — the police, instead of protecting the victim, fled, leaving a young child in danger. This is reported by Strana.

The publication published the corresponding video.

"Video of yesterday's shooting of people in Kiev. It shows that the police are running away from the shots, leaving the victim of the shooter," the newspaper writes.

According to the public, the child was covered by a passerby and got shot.

Criminal proceedings have been opened against police officers who fled from the shooter who killed five people, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko said today. Law enforcement officers are charged with official negligence, which entailed serious consequences. A pre-trial investigation is underway.

"All actions of law enforcement officers at the time of a critical threat to the lives of citizens, including the episode of leaving a minor child in danger and the untimely termination of the attacker's actions, will receive a proper legal assessment," Kravchenko said.

At the same time, he denied reports of the death of the mother of a 12-year-old boy. According to him, his sister died, and his mother is now in the hospital.

As EADaily reported the day before, the Kiev shooter who took hostages in a supermarket was liquidated during detention in the Goloseevsky district. This was stated by the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klimenko.

5 people were killed, meanwhile, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said after the report of the Minister of Internal Affairs. According to him, 10 people were hospitalized with injuries, four hostages were rescued.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, four people were killed on the street and one in a supermarket.

Later, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko added that a woman who was among the hospitalized died in the hospital, her identity is being established, she was about 30 years old.

Earlier, the special forces of the CORD of the National Police of Ukraine carried out an assault, where the shooter was with the hostages. He opened fire on the police during the arrest.

As EADaily reported, in Kiev, a man shot passers-by on the street and took hostages in the Velmart supermarket. This was reported by the publication "Country".