An officer in Russia's FSB security service was killed and five people were wounded on Thursday when a gunman opened fire near its central Moscow headquarters, SIA reports referring to AFP.
The FSB, a successor to the KGB, said the lone attacker was "neutralised" after the attack outside its notorious headquarters on Lubyanka Square close to a busy shopping area in the heart of the Russian capital. Footage shot by passers-by showed people running in panic while armed officers made their way towards the scene after the late evening incident, taking cover behind parked cars.
Putin informed
The incident came on the eve of the Day of Security Service in Russia which is celebrated on December 20. President Vladimir Putin also on Thursday gave a speech marking a concert for the Russian security workers' day, saying that at least 54-terror related crimes had been thwarted in Russia in 2019, including 33 attacks.
The Russian leader had earlier been in central Moscow for his annual marathon news conference with journalists that lasted almost four and a half hours. Putin had been informed about the incident, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. A Russian court earlier this month sentenced 11 people to terms including life in prison after finding them guilty of a deadly bomb attack on the Saint Petersburg metro in 2017 that killed 15 people and wounded dozens more.
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