ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
September 28, 2005 Wednesday
Defendant wounds plaintiff, lawyer in Moscow court
MOSCOW
A defendant in a Moscow magistrate's court fired with an assault
rifle at the plaintiff and his lawyer, seriously wounding both, city
police told Itar-Tass.
The incident occurred in Domodedovskaya Street about noon on
Wednesday. "During a court hearing, the defendant took out a
Kalashnikov rifle and fired several shots at the plaintiff and his
lawyer. The men were hospitalized with serious wounds," a
law-enforcement official said.
The attacker, an ethnic Armenian, was detained and brought to a
police station.
A group of investigators are working at the scene of shooting. They
are questioning court personnel about how the man brought the weapon
into the building unnoticed.
TASS
September 28, 2005 Wednesday
Defendant wounds plaintiff, lawyer in Moscow court
MOSCOW
A defendant in a Moscow magistrate's court fired with an assault
rifle at the plaintiff and his lawyer, seriously wounding both, city
police told Itar-Tass.
The incident occurred in Domodedovskaya Street about noon on
Wednesday. "During a court hearing, the defendant took out a
Kalashnikov rifle and fired several shots at the plaintiff and his
lawyer. The men were hospitalized with serious wounds," a
law-enforcement official said.
The attacker, an ethnic Armenian, was detained and brought to a
police station.
A group of investigators are working at the scene of shooting. They
are questioning court personnel about how the man brought the weapon
into the building unnoticed.