In the suburbs, drunken youth fought with two riot police in civilian clothes

In the suburbs there was a fight between OMON employees and a group of drunk youth, a law enforcement source told Interfax today.

Referring to preliminary data, the interlocutor of the agency said that on Saturday on the central square of the city of Shchelkovo near the fountain between two riot police officers and a group of drunken young people, a fight occurred. As a result, three people received bodily harm.

"Two brothers serving in various departments of riot police made a remark to six tipsy young people who, being in a public place, cursed loudly and beat bottles. The remark of police officers who were in civilian clothes and outside the service, young people answered aggressively. As a result, a brawl began, to which ten more people later joined, familiar. Aquatered young people, ”the source of the details of what happened cited.

According to him, one of the police officers for the purpose of self -defense took out a registered traumatic gun and, having made several shots into the air, opened fire to hold the drunken crowd. Most of the attackers fled to the arrival of police outfits. Three people were taken to a city hospital with various bodily injuries. In addition, several people were detained.

The source noted that the issue of initiating a criminal case is being resolved. Employees of the prosecutor's office check the legitimacy of the use of weapons by one of the police officers.