Attack on a native of Tajikistan in Shatura
On September 9, 2009, in Shatura (Moscow region), on Ilyich Avenue near the Vizit store, 24-year-old Alexei Popov attacked an 18-year-old native of Tajikistan who was engaged in garbage collection. Popov, shouting "You, non-Russian, what are you doing here?" , shot a Tajik from a traumatic pistol, and hit him on the head several times. With a gunshot wound to the anterior abdominal wall, the victim was taken to the hospital for medical care.