A Russian Man Armed With A Shovel Attacked Churchgoers Near A Church In Moscow

The medical personnel who arrived at the scene were also attacked.

A man wielding a shovel attacked churchgoers near the Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women on Belorechenskaya Street in southeast Moscow, according to TASS from law enforcement agencies in the Russian capital.

The incident occurred around 9:50 a.m. A man attacked churchgoers and then the paramedics who arrived on the scene. “According to preliminary reports, a passerby neutralized the attacker,” said a source at the agency.

Later, law enforcement officials told the agency that, according to preliminary reports, a passerby shot the man who had attacked the churchgoers with a non-lethal weapon. REN TV reports that authorities are investigating whether he legally possessed the weapon.

The attacker was registered at a psychoneurological clinic.

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