Six people killed after militants' projectile hit shuttle bus in Donetsk - Oct. 01, 2014

Six people killed after militants’ projectile hit shuttle bus in Donetsk

Published Oct. 1, 2014 at 1:30 pm

A pro-Russian separatist soldier mans a checkpoint on the road to the airport, still held by the Ukrainian army, in Donetsk on September 30, 2014. Ukraine's tenuous truce and troop withdrawal deal lay in tatters on Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month killed nine government soldiers.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, morning the militants of Donetsk People's Republic hit a shuttle bus with a volley of fire, as a result of which six persons were killed and one injured, the press service of Donetsk regional state administration said.

“At 1000, today a rocket system of Donetsk People’s Republic hit a shuttle van No. 17, which was running from the Myrny residential district to Schehlivka bus station. Six people died, one was injured,” reads a report posted on the Web site of Donetsk regional state administration.