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19:56, 01-Aug-2017
Three gangsters dead in Moscow court shooting
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(Updated at 9:40 p.m.)
Three people standing trial in the Russian capital were killed at a courthouse following a gunfight after trying to rob weapons from police.
The shooting on Tuesday occurred when five suspects,"attacked police officers and tried to seize their weapons" while they were in a lift, Moscow police confirmed.
Three defendants were subsequently shot dead, and two other people wounded, including a law enforcement personnel and one passerby.
It’s reported that the three deceased were on trial for a series of gang murders.
Staff who had been evacuated from the courthouse have since been allowed back in the building.
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