Resident of Kamyshin triggers grenade at detention

During detention of a resident of the Volgograd Region, suspected of abducting his three-year-old daughter, a grenade exploded and wounded a policeman and the daughter.

According to the police, a message from a woman from Kamyshin that her son-in-law had beaten her up and took away her granddaughter of three, was received today at 12:30 a.m. Moscow time.

An hour later, the location of the 39-year-old local resident and the girl was established. When policemen approached the garage box, in which the man was hiding, the man threw an explosive device, presumably an RGD grenade, and several stun grenades in their direction, says the press service of the Chief Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for the Volgograd Region.

"A policeman, in accordance with the Federal Law 'On Police' made a warning shot and one targeted shot from his service pistol and wounded the man in his leg," says the statement posted on the website of the Chief Department.

The press service adds that after the explosion, the policeman and the girl were hospitalized with multiple shrapnel wounds of the faces, bodies and limbs.

The wounded girl is the three-year-old daughter of the suspect, the "Notepad. Volgograd" reports.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.