Russian soldier kills colleague and three civilians in Crimea


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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