Six deaths confirmed in Belgorod shooting incident
Officials in Belgorod have confirmed that six people were killed by a gunman in the center of Belgorod on Monday.
"An unidentified gunman opened fire at a crowd on Narodny Boulevard not far from a shopping center on April 22. Updated reports indicate that five people were killed on the spot, including a schoolgirl, and a young woman died in the hospital," the city authorities said in a press release.
The Belgorod Region Governor Yevgeny Savchenko and Belgorod Mayor Sergei Bozhenov rushed to the scene.
The authorities pledged to make compensation payments to the relatives of the victims.
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