MOSCOW – An unidentified gunman shot and killed three postal workers Friday as they were transporting money in eastern Ukraine, escaping with the equivalent of $115,000, police said.
Police said a manhunt was on for the gunman who attacked the workers in the government-held city of Kharkiv, stealing nearly 2.5 million hryvnas.
The police statement did not say why the workers were transporting the money, but postal workers regularly deliver pension payments.
Both the government of Ukraine and its people have been under severe economic stress recently. Ukraine’s economy is shrinking, with the IMF projecting a 9 per cent contraction this year, and …read more
Source: Metro News
