Avakov: Drug dealer who killed three Kyiv policemen detained

Ukrainian police have detained a man who is said to have killed three policemen in Kyiv on Thursday, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his page on Facebook on Friday.

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"We have detained the killer, who turned out to be a drug dealer, who murdered three policemen yesterday,” Avakov wrote.

“He was shooting back during his arrest, and our men were rescued by a gun shield that was applied during the storming of his apartment," he wrote.

"The suspect was hospitalized with serious injuries under the escort of special forces," Avakov said.

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