An unidentified assailant shot a former Ukrainian politician dead outside a school in Madrid, Spain, according to authorities.
Andriy Portnov, a senior aide to Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych, was previously identified by the Spanish Ministry of Interior as Andriy Portnov.
In Pozuelo de Alarcon, the upscale neighborhood in the Spanish capital, the attack occurred on Wednesday morning outside the American School’s gates.
Around 9:15 a.m. (07:15 GMT) was a man shot in the street, and police were called.
According to witnesses who spoke to the police, the officer “severe times” shot him in the head and body. According to police, the attackers fled on foot.
Portnov was attacked while taking his children to school, according to a report from Cadena SER radio station.
Since serving as deputy head of the presidential office from 2010 to 2014, Portnov had a long-standing relationship with Ukraine’s pro-Russian former leader Yanukovych.
Portnov participated in the draft of legislation intended to prosecute those who participated in the Ukrainian revolution of 2014 during Yanukovych’s rule. He was later added to a list of sanctions, including those issued by the US Treasury in 2021.
Source: Aljazeera
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