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The director of the taxi company in Lubimovka wounded 2 people and himself from the gun
11:08 / 12.11.2008

KHERSON, NOVEMBER, 12TH, 2008, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE – On November 7th 2008 3 citizens received gunshot wounds through misunderstanding in Lubimovka village of Kakhovka district, IA “Context-Prichernomorie” correspondent reports.

This was reported by the head of the department of public relation of MHAD Lieutenant Colonel of police Elena Petrova at the briefing in the Ministry of home affairs of Ukraine department in Kherson region.

By her data the incident occurred between the taxi driver and his three passengers (a man and 2 women) that lacked 2 UAH to pay the ride fare. Due to this a quarrel started which grew into scuffle. The women got out of the car and called for help. In his turn the driver called the director of the enterprise-hauler, the last arrived with his own registered gun. To calm down everyone he fired a warning shot in the ground, this didn’t have an effect and he fired in the air. By this shot the director wounded two local citizens that were close watching the scuffle. Seeing this the man got scared and dropped the gun on the ground. And for all that the gun fired and the bully hit the shooting man himself in his hip.

All the injured were delivered to the hospital. They are in no danger. The eyewitnesses of the tragedy were scratched in the ear and the neck by the bully, the state of the director is satisfactory. In the near future it will become known if the owner of the gun will be made answerable.