Shooting in Ukraine's east kills 1, wounds 2

At least one person was killed and two others wounded in a shooting early Thursday near a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine, authorities said. The incident occurred at around 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT) at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian activists in Lugansk region, the regional Interior Ministry department said in a statement. Unidentified gunmen in three vehicles bypassed the checkpoint and opened fire against each other, the statement said. The wounded had been taken to a local hospital for treatment, it added. It was not immediately clear whether the incident has any relation to the pro-Russian movement in eastern Ukraine.