Key facts
- A Russian soldier killed one colleague and wounded another in Sevastopol, Crimea.
- The soldier subsequently killed three civilians and wounded three others.
- The attacker has been arrested.
- The motive for the attacks is currently unknown and under investigation.
A Russian soldier in Crimea opened fire on his colleagues, killing one and wounding another, before turning his weapon on civilians and killing three. Three other people were wounded in the attack in Sevastopol, according to Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of the region. The attacker has been arrested, and authorities are working to establish the circumstances and causes of the incident. Crimea, a strategic peninsula on the Black Sea, was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014.