Five people are injured in central Moscow, after a man has opened fire in the vicinity of the Russian security service the FSB’s headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
An employee of the security service have been killed.
this confirms The Russian ministry of Health news agency Interfax.
In the first place was the message from several Russian media that three persons had been killed. However, this is not confirmed by government sources.
It writes the Russian media, The Moscow Times and news agency Reuters.
There were reports that the shooting took place in the reception of the FSB, but it appears now, that the offender failed to get into the building.
The centre of Moscow is blocked, while shots have sounded in the street.
Russian police have at 17.15-time confirmed that a shooting has taken place, and that it has ‘neutralized’ the offender.
Five people believed to be injured during the attack.
An eyewitness fleeing the scene of the crime after a violent skudsalve. Video: Fishy_god / Instagram.
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Kampklædte cops in central Moscow. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Ritzau Scanpix
A police car blocks a street around the FSB’s headquarters. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Ritzau Scanpix
Heavy weapons
more videos on Twitter-you can see and hear who was shot, while heavily armed officers evacuated people from the area.
Earlier Thursday told a witness to Reuters, that she had heard the gun shot in the same area.
A video that was shared on social media, shows several people who look like police officers with guns, who runs down a nearby street.
the Shooting comes just hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference. The president has been briefed on the shooting, said a spokesman at the Kremlin.
the President has been briefed on the shooting, said a spokesman at the Kremlin.
the FSB is Russia’s modern intelligence service. In Soviet times it went under the familiar name of the KGB.
Photo: Evgenia Novozhenina/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Evgenia Novozhenina/Ritzau Scanpix
Kampklædte cops in central Moscow. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Ritzau Scanpix
