Location Kiev, Ukraine Attack type Shooting Non-fatal injuries 1 | Date 26 September 2012 Deaths 3 Perpetrators Yaroslav Mazurok | |
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The Karavan shooting was a notable gun crime which took place in Ukraine's capital of Kiev on September 26th 2012. The incident saw suspect Yaroslav Mazurok (or Mazurka) supposedly taken to the back room of the Karavan Shopping Mall by security guards. At this point, he produced a gun and shot dead three of the security guards, seriously injuring a fourth, before escaping.
The case stunned Ukraine, soon becoming one of the most infamous incidents of gun crime since Ukrainian independence (1991). Accused shooter Mazurok then apparently went on the run for over a month, before his body was found in the woods near Kiev's Dorohozhychi metro station. The police reported him as being former armer, and a trained assassin, however his family protested his innocence, with his wife claiming he was a labourer, and had been framed.
The video showing Mazurok apparently eliminate the security guards has been viewed by over people, but drawn accusations from some that it was actually a staged spectacle.