Four killed in Ukraine cash heist

At least four people were killed during a cash-in-transit robbery in central Ukraine, authorities said Thursday.

Ukraine's interior ministry said that a group of unidentified men attacked a van transporting cash after Wednesday midnight near the Liashkovka village in Dnepropetrovsk region with grenades and guns, Xinhua reported.

Following the attack, a van driver, a security guard and two employees of the local private bank were confirmed dead at the scene, the press service of the interior ministry said.