Dec. 27 () –
All members of a family of eight, including three minors, have lost their lives after being attacked by people armed with machine guns who fled in a car in the city of Makiivka, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic.
“A family of eight people has died, they were shot. Presumably with automatic weapons. Three children were among the dead,” the local administration said in a statement on Telegram collected by the Tass agency.
All of the victims were shot in the head, including the children, who were ages one, seven, and nine. The events took place on Monday in the Red Guard neighborhood of the city.
Local security forces are working at the scene of the incident, although they have not yet determined the motive for the shooting or who would have perpetrated it.
