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Law enforcement officers have located the suspected killer of three security guards from the Karavan shopping mall in Kyiv and are preparing to detain him, a source in the Ukrainian Interior Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine. 

“The police have located the [suspected] killer who shot dead three security guards from the Karavan shopping mall, and they are preparing to detain him,” the source said.

As reported, a robber shot dead three employees of a private security firm and seriously wounded another one in the Karavan shopping mall on Luhova Street in Kyiv on September 26. One of the security guards saw a visitor stealing a USB flash drive from a glass case. The guard asked the man to go to the back room, where other guards were waiting. In the room the man pulled out a gun and started shooting, killing three security guards on the spot and seriously wounding a fourth. The attacker then fled the scene.

The Obolon District Police Office opened a criminal case on the incident. The suspect was put on wanted lists in Russia and Belarus.

Executive Director of Karavan Serhiy Kyslenko promised Hr 100,000 for assistance in finding the criminal.