Sharjah 24 – AFP: Two people were killed when a gunman opened fire inside a public services office in Moscow on Tuesday, the mayor of the Russian capital Sergei Sobyanin said.
"As a result of the shooting by an unknown person, two people were killed, three were injured," Sobyanin said on Twitter, adding that the shooter was detained.
The incident occurred at a multi-functional government office in the south-east of the city, he said.
Sobyanin said that "doctors are doing everything possible to help the wounded."
Russian news agencies, citing sources in the interior ministry, reported a child had been injured in the shooting.
The capital's investigators launched a criminal case into the shooting, they also reported.
Mass shootings in Russia are rare but the country was rocked by two separate tragic killing sprees -- one at a school, another at a university -- this year, spurring lawmakers to tighten laws regulating access to guns.
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