A former leading Ukrainian official has been shot dead outside an American school in the Spanish capital Madrid, authorities have confirmed.
Andriy Portnov, 51, had just dropped his children off at the school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of the city and was walking to his car in the school parking area.
At least one unidentified attacker fired several shots at the victim before fleeing into a wooded area in a nearby public park, witnesses said.
Portnov had been an MP and deputy head in the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian president ousted in 2014 after months of protests.
