Soldier shoots dead five guards at military plant in Ukraine
CTV
A Ukrainian National Guard soldier shot security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for unknown reasons, killing five people and injuring five others before fleeing, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in the early morning of Thursday in Dnipro at the Pivdenmash missile factory during the issuance of weapons to the guards, it said in a statement.
Police said four servicemen and one civilian woman were among the victims.
The police are looking for the escaped soldier. According to police, he has a Kalashnikov rifle and 200 cartridges in his possession.
"First of all, the investigation will face the question -- what was the motive for committing such a terrible crime? First of all, the question of whether the serviceman faced a psychological pressure in the team will be studied," deputy Ukraine's interior minister Anton Gerashchenko said on Facebook.
