Gunman neutralized after firing at police officers in Grodno region, Belarus

A 65-year-old man was killed by security forces in the Ostrovets district after he opened fire on police officers, Belarus' Interior Ministry has reported.

The incident occurred after police received information that the man, a resident of Staraya Rudnya village, was keeping an unregistered hunting rifle and had threatened his neighbors with it. Officers from the police and the "Cyclone" special purpose unit of the internal troops were dispatched to his home.

Upon seeing law enforcement, the man offered armed resistance and fired a shot at the officers, posing a real threat to their lives. The troops responded with lethal force, neutralizing the assailant. A homemade weapon was later found during a search of his house.