A worker of shopping mall “Schastie” said that there two or three shots.

A person who took a woman in hostages in shopping mall “Schastie” is not in intensive care in the hospital.

We tried to find out what it being meant by phrase "the offender is neutralized," and asked for clarifications from Investigation Committee and the press service of the police headquarters. The press secretary of Minsk police, Aleksandr Lastochkin, said that "it seemed that he was carried out alive", but he was not able to confirm or deny this information. The Investigation Committee also failed to clarify the situation.

“There is no detailed information available right now, but if we have any, then we will share with you”, said representatives of the Investigation Committee.

Journalist of charter.97 found a worker of SM “Schastie”, whose name is Vitalii. He was not present on the scene, but his colleagues have told him what they have witnessed.

“On this was for sure: one person was actually closed in the box and few meters away the doors were opened, and there were two or three shot fired. That is 100 per cent true. Also, the man was carried out through the back yard”, said Vitalii.

In the ambulance service we were told that "one victim (a woman) was taken to hospital number 5, and the second victim (a man) was taken to the same hospital. No names are given."

"Yesterday we had a young man under surgery. He is now in intensive care," said the head nurse neurosurgery department, Svetlana Brot, to charter97.org.

To remind, a hostage was taken yesterday at about 13:00 in the Minsk shopping mall "Schastie", which is located near the metro station "Vostok". An armed man attacked the cashier of the exchange point, and in three and a half hours the security forces reported that his was "neutralized."