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Ossetians, Azeris clash in Moscow; six wounded (UPDATED)

9 August 2010 20:41 (UTC+04:00)

MOSCOW - Groups of Ossetians and Azerbaijanis clashed at a market in Moscow.

Viktor Biryukov, the spokesman for the city’s interior affairs department, has told Russian Interfax news agency that one of the Azerbaijanis had opened fire from a traumatic weapon. Six Ossetians were wounded, while the other people involved escaped from the site.

Causes of the incident are being ascertained. The police are searching for the shooter and the other people involved.

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