A soldier with the Ukrainian National Guard on Thursday turned himself in to police after opening fire on his fellow soldiers, killing four servicemen and one civilian while also wounding five others, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky confirmed that police arrested the suspect shortly after the incident. Officials have identified him as 21-year-old Artemiy Ryabchuk of Odesa, a port city in southern Ukraine. The interior ministry released pictures of the suspect wearing his military uniform while he was being pinned to the ground as officials took him into custody, news agency AFP reported. According to a police statement, the incident took place on Jan. 27 at about 3:40 a.m. local time at a missile factory in the center of the country. The soldier, who was armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, killed four servicemen and one civilian female while injuring five others. Five other individuals who sustained injuries …
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