Robbery of a cash-in-transit car in Kharkov: three couriers killed

Cash-in-transit couriers of “Ukrposhta” (Ukrainian Post) had been assaulted today at 8.40 AM in Kharkov. Three couriers are killed. According to preliminary findings, the robbery unfolded like this: the assaulter armed with a stub-barrelled machine-gun shot at the driver. When the couriers tried to jump out of the car, he shot at them, too. He tried to drive the car in order to escape, but the engine would not start. Then he stopped another car by a shot in the air. The robber ordered the driver to leave the car, sat at the wheel and was off. Then the second group of robbers appeared. They took the bags and escaped. The stolen sum according to preliminary reports was 3 mln UAH.
Description of the suspect: 40-45 years of age, 185-195 sm in height, athletic body, dark bridges, camouflage T-shirt, light baseball cap. Escaped in silvery VAZ-2110, No АХ8632ЕА.
No usual in such instances crowd of onlookers is observed. No one wants to talk to police, remarks Ukrainian journalist Kostantyn Stohniy, host of “Nadzvychaini novyny” (Emergency News) TV show.