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A resident of the Astravets District fired at police officers who had arrived to confiscate his shotgun. The officers returned fire.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, police received information that a 65-year-old resident of the village of Staraia Rudnia in the Astravets District was keeping an unregistered hunting shotgun and threatening his neighbors with it.
Police officers and members of the Cyclone special forces unit of the Internal Troops were dispatched to the scene.
“Upon seeing the law enforcement officers, the aggressive man put up armed resistance and fired at the officers, posing a real threat to the lives and health of those around him. The illegal actions were promptly stopped by special forces personnel, who used firearms to neutralize the threat. The suspect was subdued,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
The man’s condition has not been disclosed. In a video released by the ministry, an officer points to a bullet mark on a body armor plate.
A search of the man’s home was also conducted, during which a homemade weapon was discovered.