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| Moscow attack: 'Three killed, two wounded' in shooting at courthouse in the Russian capital | |
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| Three people standing trial have been killed in a shootout at a courthouse in Moscow, Russian media have said. | |
| The gunfight broke out after some of the defendants tried to grab firearms from court security officers and take hostages, the state-owned Tass news agency reported. | |
| RIA Novosti quoted a lawyer who said she heard at least 20 shots. Sofya Rubasskaya said she saw a guard and a court official injured. | |
| Agencies quoted the Moscow region's health ministry as saying a 45-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman had been taken to the hospital from the Moscow Regional Court with gunshot wounds. | |
| Natalia Osipova, spokeswoman for the Moscow Regional Court, said the shooting took place at a hearing in a case of a gang of nine people who have terrorised Moscow roads, killing more than a dozen motorists. | |
| She said the building had been evacuated. | |
| Russia media dubbed the accused "the Grand Theft Auto gang." | |
| Prosecutors said the gang members were placing spikes on roads, forcing the motorists out of their vehicles and shooting them dead. | |
| The nine men, all from central Asia, are charged with 17 murders and two attempted murders. | |
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