Pro-Russia former Ukraine politician shot dead outside school in Spain

Al Jazeera:

A Ukrainian former politician has been shot dead by unknown assailants outside a school in Madrid, Spain, authorities said.

The man was identified by Spain’s Ministry of Interior as Andriy Portnov, who was previously a senior aide to Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych.

The attack on Wednesday morning took place outside the gates of the American School in the Spanish capital’s upscale neighbourhood of Pozuelo de Alarcon.

Police were called at about 9:15am (07:15 GMT) and notified that a man had been shot in the street.

Witnesses quoted by the police said he was shot “several times” in the head and body by more than one assailant. The attack occured as Portnov prepared to get into a vehicle, a police source told the AFP news agency, adding that the assailants then fled on foot to a wooded area.