DEFENDANT OPENS FIRE AT PLAINTIFF AND LAWYER IN MOSCOW COURT

MosNews, Russia
Sept 28 2005

A plaintiff and his lawyer were targeted by a gunman, believed to be
a defendant, in a justice of the peace building in Moscow Wednesday.

A man armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle opened fire at the
plaintiff and his lawyer on Wednesday, Interfax news agency reported.

Both of them were badly injured in the attack, the news agency
reported.

The gunman, of Armenian origin, was overpowered and detained at the
scene of the incident. According to preliminary information, he was
the defendant in a case being heard in the building.