Man arrested after axe attack on passerby in Moscow
Moscow TASS reported that a man attacked a pedestrian with an axe in the southwest of the capital and was subsequently detained by the Moscow branch of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
Consensus
- The incident occurred on an alley near Chongar Boulevard in southwestern Moscow.
- The suspect initially threw an axe at trees.
- A passerby criticized the man's actions.
- After the criticism, the man threw the axe at the passerby.
- The passerby sustained a cut to the knee.
- The passerby was hospitalized.
- The suspect was arrested by Rosgvardia and police officers.
- The arrest took place on August 26.
Points of divergence
- The man had previously attacked an 8-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister in a settlement near Khabarovsk, where he hit them with the back of the axe, and the suspect was detained with a criminal case opened. — vm
Coverage (3 sources)
- Moscow man detained after throwing axe at passerby — Вести
- Man threw axe at pedestrian in southwest Moscow: video of arrest — Вечерняя Москва
- In Moscow, a man who attacked a pedestrian with an axe on the southwest of the capital was detained, TASS reported from the press service of the Moscow branch of the Federal Security Service... — ТАСС (Telegram)