On July 31 a policeman shot at a man who tried to enter Moscow Metro with no ticket.The man had been wounded in his mouth, said Moscow city police spokesman Kirill Mazurin.
The incident is being investigated by the Office of Public Prosecutor.
According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, the 29-year-old policeman asked the 20-year-old citizen of Tajikistan Rustam Baibekov if he wanted to be shot at, and then fired at his mouth. The wounded man was hospitalized.
The young Tajik man worked as a loader at Kashirsky Dvor marketplace. Being at the hospital, he said that he and his friend entered the Metro on one ticket. The policeman approached them and asked for IDs. The Tajik man had neither official registration (the requirement for living in Moscow) nor money to pay fine.
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