Audio By Carbonatix At least six people have been killed and others injured after a person opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials say. The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district. Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the man, who lived locally, began shooting at people on the street and then took others hostage in a nearby supermarket. Klymenko said the attacker was killed in the supermarket following a shoot-out with police. His motive is currently unclear. The exact number of victims also remains unclear, but Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least 15 people had been injured. Ten of these, including a child, had been taken to hospital. Klitschko said most of the dead had been killed in the street. One woman, thought to be about 30 years old, later died in hospital. Police negotiators spoke to the shooter for around 40 minutes while he was in the supermarket, Klymenko said. He described the man as "acting chaotically". "We tried to persuade him, realising that there was an injured person there," he explained, adding that the attacker had not made any demands. "We offered to bring in tourniquets to stop the bleeding and so on. But he did not respond, so the order was given to eliminate him, especially after he killed one of the hostages." Four hostages were later freed, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine's prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, identified the shooter as a 58-year-old man from the Russian capital, Moscow, and said he had used an automatic weapon to carry out the fatal shooting. The weapon used by the attacker was officially registered, officials said. The circumstances surrounding the issuing of the permit, as well as the shooting itself, are now being investigated. A fire had broken out in the man's apartment, officials said, following unconfirmed reports that he detonated an explosive device. Klitschko said the shooter had caused the fire. While Kyiv is often subject to attacks during the ongoing war with Russia, shootings of this kind are rare in the city. DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited. Tags: Fire Kyiv DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited. Related to this story Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn’t leave in May Fire destroys two containers , goods at Mankessim Fire erupts at Madina Ritz Junction, destroys multiple wooden structures and containers Fire destroys 3-bedroom house at Bogyawe Fire destroys section of 4-bedroom apartment at Tantra Hill Fire guts 2-storey apartment at Ashaley Botwe Fire destroys multiple structures at Anansekrom, La Two dead, one critically injured in domestic fire at Kodjonya Fire erupts at Ofankor wood market Fire breaks out at Ghana Digital Terrestrial Transmission Centre in Brekuso Latest Stories President Mahama urges quality work on Bimbilla 24-hour market project3 minutes Photos: President Mahama cuts sod for 24-hour economy market in Bimbilla5 minutes Ghana, Spain deepen ties with focus on migration policy and labour mobility agreements7 minutes Vice President attends Global Democracy Forum in Barcelona8 minutes At least six killed in Kyiv as gunman opens fire and takes hostages21 minutes Pecan Energies Ghana CEO Kadijah Amoah named World Economic Forum Young Global leader26 minutes Works and Housing Minister unveils major housing reforms at AREF 202627 minutes One dead after car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, police say27 minutes Iran says Strait of Hormuz is ‘open’ but tracking shows few ships moving28 minutes Scrapping free fuel perks ensures fairness for all — Mary Addah28 minutes Fuel relief unsustainable; Ghana must build long-term energy resilience — Kofi Bentil57 minutes Adawudu backs ‘innovative’ fuel price intervention, urges long-term refinery strategy60 minutes Vice President engages GB Foods on boosting Ghana’s tomato value chain and agro-processing1 hour Tricycles supplied to health workers are not ambulances – Mahama clarifies1 hour French film star Nathalie Baye dies aged 77, media report1 hour