Ukrainian former politician shot lifeless exterior faculty in Madrid

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Andriy Portnov was beforehand a senior aide to eliminated former President Viktor Yanukovych and had been the topic of US sanctions.

A Ukrainian former politician has been shot lifeless by an unknown assailant exterior a college in Madrid, Spain, authorities stated.

The person was recognized by Spain’s Ministry of Inside as Andriy Portnov, who was beforehand a senior aide to Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych.

The assault on Wednesday morning came about exterior the gates of the American Faculty within the Spanish capital’s upscale neighbourhood of Pozuelo de Alarcon.

Police had been known as at about 9:15am (07:15 GMT) and notified {that a} man had been shot on the street.

Witnesses quoted by the police stated he was shot “a number of instances” within the head and physique by multiple assailant. The attackers fled on foot, police stated.

Radio station Cadena SER reported that Portnov was taking his youngsters to high school when he was attacked.

Portnov had been carefully tied to Ukraine’s pro-Russian former chief Yanukovych, having served as deputy head of the presidential workplace from 2010 to 2014.

Throughout Yanukovych’s time in energy, Portnov was concerned in drafting laws aimed toward persecuting contributors of the 2014 revolution in Ukraine. He was later positioned on a number of sanctions lists, together with by the US Treasury in 2021.

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