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Simferopol - Crimean prosecutors do not confirm the information on the detention of the sniper who killed two people in Simferopol's Kubanska Street on March 18.

 “The information on the shooter’s detention has not been confirmed. It is untrue. Unfortunately, no one has been detained yet,” Natalia Boyarkina, press officer for the Crimean prosecutors, told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.

Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev reported on the suspect’s detention earlier on March 20.