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Shots fired in Moscow airport

An unidentified person at Moscow's international Sheremetyevo airport on Wednesday opened fire at an arrival from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Sheremetyevo airport Itar-Tass/Mikhail Pochuev
Sheremetyevo airport
© Itar-Tass/Mikhail Pochuev

MOSCOW, November 13, 11:57 /ITAR-TASS/. An unidentified person at Moscow's international Sheremetyevo airport on Wednesday opened fire at an arrival from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, transport police told Itar-Tass.

"The person sitting in a black car, supposedly a taxi, fired two shots at an arrival from Bishkek," a police officer said. An investigation is underway. The police did not immediately report if anyone had been injured in the shooting.

The incident occurred at the exit of the terminal D. At 09:26 local time the offender drove to the exit in a black car black (allegedly a taxi) and fired two shots to a man that had arrived on a flight from Bishkek.

The wounded man was taken to one of the capital's hospitals.

Ita was not reported if the shooter was caught. Transport police officers are working at the site of the incident. An investigation is underway.