(Moscow) With the World cup in its third day, Russia is full of tourists and football fans and as such is a prime target for Islamic terrorism. Well today it appears that the first and hopefully the only terrorist incident transpired when a taxis was driven onto the pavement running down a group of female pedestrians, injuring at least 8 people.
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π΄ SENSITIVE |— Vocal Europe (@thevocaleurope) June 16, 2018
Footage of today's incident in #Moscow, Russia, in which a taxi vehicle rammed into pedestrians on the sidewalk. pic.twitter.com/jPcJRW916A
The driver who has been caught and identified as from Kyrgyzstan claims he fell asleep.
And here he is in Police custody:
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Already in the police pic.twitter.com/EHuyX5n6Or— ΠΠΊΡΠΈΠ²Ρ ΠΈ Π΄Π΅ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΠΈΠ²Ρ (@DbnmjrLive) June 16, 2018