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Moscow police search for drive-by shooters as city remains tense

© Photo : Alexander PavlovThe Moscow police have not yet officially confirmed this information.
The Moscow police have not yet officially confirmed this information. - Sputnik International
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Moscow police are searching for the people who shot at passers-by from a vehicle in the Russian capital early on Friday, a police source said.

Moscow police are searching for the people who shot at passers-by from a vehicle in the Russian capital early on Friday, a police source said.

"The car's license plate has the number of Region 05, which indicates the republic of Dagestan [in Russia's North Caucasus]," the source told RIA Novosti.

He added that the shootings occurred in three different locations in the south of the city (Bratislavskaya street, Perervinsky boulevard and near Kuzminki park).

There are no reports of casualties and the report has not yet been officially confirmed by police.

The development comes as Moscow remains tense following race-hate riots in the centre of the city on centre and further disturbances on Wednesday evening.

Inter-ethnic tensions expoded after the death of of Yegor Sviridov, 28, who was killed in a brawl with migrants from Russia's North Caucasus region.

MOSCOW, December 17 (RIA Novosti)

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