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One person has been killed and another injured as a result of the storming by armed men of the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic' of the Shakhtar district police department, the local news Web site Ostrov wrote on Monday, citing a source in the law enforcement authorities.

“One man has been killed and another injured. Both were ordinary passers-by,” the source told Ostrov.

He said the police building was riddled with bullets. The personnel
of the Shakhtar district police department have been moved to Horlivka,
where one of the seized police buildings is being used as one of the
headquarters of the terrorists.