MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - At least one security
guard has been killed during an armed robbery on cash couriers
in downtown Moscow, Russian investigators said on Friday.
A gunman, armed with a TT pistol, fired at least four
shots at a group of security guards delivering cash at about
12:30 Moscow time (08:30 GMT).
"One of the guards was injured and taken to a Moscow
hospital," the Russian Investigation Department said in a
statement. "The robber has been detained."
A police source earlier told RIA Novosti that a security
guard had been killed in the attack, and another wounded. The
robber, who was also injured in the shootout, is reported to
have died on his way to hospital.
Earlier in the day, three muggers attacked a cash courier
in his car in eastern Moscow. They smashed his car windows and
made off with his money bag. The total amount stolen has yet to
be established.
Police said the security guard had been slightly hurt in
the robbery.
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