Indiscriminate firing in Plymouth, UK: Six killed

Police said the incident was not an act of terrorism

The dead included 3 women and 2 men. The killer Davis also committed suicide with his own gun.

LONDON: A total of five people, including three women and two men, were killed in a head-on shooting in the southwestern city of Plymouth on Thursday, local police said on Friday.

Devon and Cornwall city police have confirmed that two women and two men were killed in a shooting in the Kiham area of ​​Plummouth. A third woman breathed her last in a hospital where the suspected killer, Jack Davis, also committed suicide by firing his gun.

Two women and two men were found dead when police arrived at the scene. The man who committed the act was also found dead. All of these were killed by a bullet fired from a gun.

A third injured woman was treated on the spot and later shifted to a hospital where she died at the hospital, an official statement issued by the police said. Police in Devon and Cornwall insisted it was not an act of terrorism. The entire area was cordoned off after the incident but police did not investigate any other suspects.

However, the police requested the locals present at the spot to provide for further investigation if anyone made a video of the incident on their mobile phones. Police also appealed to people not to post copied videos of the incident on social media. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Jones has sent his condolences to the families of those killed in the incident.