Five dead in Ukraine after national guardsman opens fire at military factory

Police detain 21-year-old suspect after shooting at missile facility in Dnipro that left five others injured

Ukrainian police have detained a national guard soldier who is suspected of shooting security guards at a military factory for unknown reasons, killing five people and injuring five others, the interior minister has said.

The shooting took place in the early hours of Thursday in Dnipro at the Pivdenmash missile factory during the issuance of weapons to the guards, the ministry said in a statement. Police said four servicemen and one civilian woman were among the victims.