India, April 18 -- At least 5 people have been killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire in Kyiv on Saturday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The gunman killed at least five people in the streets of the Ukraine capital before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket, Associated Press reported.

The accused, whose identity is not known, was shot dead by the police.

Ukraine President Zelensky confirmed the incident, saying at least five people were killed and 10 others have been hospitalized.

"Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko has just reported that the attacker in Kyiv who opened fire on civilians has been eliminated. All the circumstances are being established. At ...