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| 5 shot in Dneipropetrovsk small arms attack |
| 2017-07-25 |
| This sounds like an organized crime hit. Article corrected to indicate that Edmond Sahakyan was wounded, not killed. Two men are dead and four others were wounded in a shooting in the Ukrainian city of Dneipropetrovsk, according to Russian language news accounts. Russkaya Vesna reported that among the dead was an unidentified Ukrainian army officer who was formerly posted to the Ukrainian theater of operations in Donetsk/Lugansk area. One of the wounded, identified as Edmond Sahakyan, also had served with the Ukrainian Army in southeastern Ukraine. The Russkaya Vesna report said that Sahakyan gained some notoriety a year ago when he posted a photograph of what he claimed was the severed hand of a Russian volunteer in Donetsk, which he attached to the front bumper of a military vehicle. Sahakyan is a lawyer by trade. The shooting took place after two groups of men began arguing at the Hookah House cafe on Ulytsa Gargarin. Apparently it was then that two cars, one of them described as white in color, were driven to the scene. Armed men stepped out with AK-74 rifles and started firing. The report said the six victims were armed with pistols, but that the guns were not loaded. The shooters with the rifles got their shots off before the other five could load their weapons magazines and return fire. Witnesses at the scene said in total 10 shots were fired. One of the rifles, an AK-74 underfolder rifle was left at the scene by one of the shooters. |
| Posted by:badanov |