KIEV - Eight people were injured late Monday in a shooting at a rural cafe in the western Ukrainian region of Rovno, authorities said Tuesday.

The incident occurred just after 8.30 pm local time (1830 GMT), and all the eight wounded customers, aged between 17 and 25, have been brought to hospital, the Interior Ministry said.

A 22-year-old suspect was arrested immediately after the shooting, but the motives were yet to be found out.

Further investigation is under way.