17:00, 6 August 2011

In Moscow, two Caucasian natives started shooting near mosque, one person was injured

On August 5, a conflict between two Caucasian natives led to a shooting from the traumatic weapons near the mosque on the Poklonnaya Hill in the west of Moscow. One Caucasian native was injured.

"At present, we investigate the circumstances of a man's wounding in the west of Moscow. According to one version, on the Poklonnaya Hill a man of Caucasian appearance came around a corner of the mosque, located in that place, to relieve himself. At the moment, a parishioner of the mosque gave a reproof to the man. A quarrel started between the men, and it resulted in wounding one of them," said a source form the law enforcement agencies.

The participant of the conflict – the man who was relieving himself – was hospitalized, the "BaltInfo" reports.

According to the source from the law enforcement agencies, at the same time the investigators examine the version that the two men quarrelled over a small incident in a parking lot near the mosque, the "Interfax" reports.