Death toll from overnight shelling of Kyiv mall rises to 6

By AFP 21 March 2022, 8:18 am

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Residents leave their building after a warehouse was hit by debris from a downed rocket in Kyiv on March 20, 2022. (FADEL SENNA / AFP)

KYIV — The death toll in the overnight bombing of a shopping center in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, rises to six, with rescuers combing the wreckage for other victims.

Six bodies were laid out in front of the Retroville shopping mall in the northwest of Kyiv, according to an AFP journalist.

The 10-storey building was hit by a powerful blast that pulverised vehicles in its car park and left a crater several meters wide.

The burnt-out mall is still smoking on Monday morning. All of its south side has been destroyed, as well as a fitness center in its car park.

Twisted bits of metal and other debris are strewn across the area for hundreds of meters, as firefighters and soldiers search the devastation for victims.