Moscow Police Probe Two Public Aerosol Attacks, Detain Suspects

Overview

• A 31-year-old was detained after allegedly firing an aerosol pistol at a sports store guard on Dmitrovskoye Shosse during an attempted theft of a shirt priced at about 2,000 rubles.
• The guard suffered a chemical eye burn and sought medical treatment, and officers recovered the shirt and the aerosol device near the scene.
• Police opened a robbery case under Part 2 of Article 162 of the Russian Criminal Code in the store incident, and the suspect was remanded in custody.
• In a separate incident a day earlier at Moscow’s Kutuzovskaya metro station, a passenger was hit with pepper spray during a dispute in the vestibule, resulting in a chemical corneal burn.
• Officers released video of the metro attack on their Platform Max channel, identified and detained a 31-year-old suspect, and opened a hooliganism case.