Moscow police to detain Caucasus nationals carrying knives, pistols

Moscow police to detain Caucasus nationals carrying knives, pistols
October 15, 2013 - 14:19 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Moscow police was instructed to detain Caucasus nationals carrying knives or guns, following anti-migrant riots that targeted a vegetable warehouse in the city’s south over the weekend, RBC reported.

According to RIA Novosti, hundreds of people were detained by police overnight Sunday, October 13 and on Monday in response to the violence that erupted after protests over the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old man on Saturday spiraled out of control.

The killer, who police identified Tuesday as being from the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, remains at large.

Police said Tuesday morning that around 70 people are facing minor administrative charges over the clashes in the neighborhood of Biryulyovo.

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