Police Check Report About Hostage-Taking Incident In Ukraine's Kharkiv

Police Check Report About Hostage-Taking Incident in Ukraine's Kharkiv

The police of Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv are checking a report about a hostage-taking incident, officers are already heading to the site, the National Police said on Wednesday

KIEV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd July, 2020) The police of Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv are checking a report about a hostage-taking incident, officers are already heading to the site, the National Police said on Wednesday.

"The Kharkiv police are checking a report about taking of hostages. The leadership of the regional police department and a crime scene investigation team have left for the site. We will provide more detailed information later," the police wrote on Facebook, just one day after the hostage-taking incident in Lutsk.

Elena Barannik, the head of the press service of the regional police department, told Sputnik that the information was not proven true.