Russian soldier kills colleague and three civilians in Crimea

August 4, 2026 3:49 AM EDT

MOSCOW, Aug ‌4 (Reuters) - A ​Russian ​soldier in Crimea opened fire on ‌his colleagues, killing one and ⁠wounding another, before turning his ‌weapon on civilians and ‌killing three, an official said on Tuesday.

Three other people ​were wounded, said Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor ⁠of the Sevastopol region. He said ​the attacker had been arrested.

There was no information on ​the motive for ‌the attacks.

"All circumstances and causes of the ⁠incident are being established," said Razvozhayev, urging people to ⁠remain calm and not to spread ​rumours.

Crimea is a strategic and heavily militarised peninsula on the Black Sea, ‌which Russia seized and annexed from Ukraine ‌in 2014.

(Reporting by Reuters; ⁠Writing by ‌Lucy Papachristou ​and Mark TrevelyanEditing by Andrew Osborn and Andrew ‌Heavens)



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