RUSSIA: GUNMAN OPENS FIRE ON CAR OF MOSCOW'S DEPUTY MAYOUR WOUNDING HIM AND KILLING HIS DRIVER

Record ID: 377141

  • Title: RUSSIA: GUNMAN OPENS FIRE ON CAR OF MOSCOW'S DEPUTY MAYOUR WOUNDING HIM AND KILLING HIS DRIVER
  • Date: 20th December 2000
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (DECEMBER 19, 2000)(REUTERS) 1. SLV STREETSCENE IN CENTRAL MOSCOW WITH POLICE VEHICLE AND AREA CORDONED OFF 0.06 2. SCU SNOW FALLING ON BODY LYING ON GROUND; POLICE AT THE SCENE; BULLET- RIDDLED CAR; PEOPLE AT SCENE (7 SHOTS) 0.58 3. MV POLICEMEN, INVESTIGATORS EXAMINING THE SCENE; POLICE CAR, AMBULANCE AT THE SCENE; SLVSTREE
  • Embargoed: 4th January 2001 12:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAESW4LIGTDWE550BLR5WODMK0R
  • Story Text: A gunman has opened fire on the car of Moscow's deputy
    mayor, wounding him and killing his driver.

    The car of deputy mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze, who is in
    charge of international economic ties, came under fire on
    Tuesday (December 19) at around 9:15 a.m. (0615 GMT). The
    front and side windows of the car were riddled with bullets.

    News agency reports said two masked gunmen had shot at the
    car with armour-piercing bullets, lightly wounding the deputy
    mayor in the thigh and killing his driver.

    A few months ago one of Ordzhonikidze's aides also came
    under fire while on his way to work by car. He was not hurt in
    the attack.

    Ordzhonikidze was recently involved in signing an
    agreement to build Russia's first top-class international
    motorsport circuit at a cost of around $100 million.

    He also deals with the organisation and use of hard
    currency in Moscow, measures for regulating currency
    expenditure in the city and attracting foreign investment.


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