In Irkutsk at night on Sinyushina Hill after a crash near the Dacha cafe there was a brutal brawl with shots from a carbine. Witnesses and police say three men in a Toyota Ipsum beat a taxi driver, then one fired into the air and toward people who came to help, breaking car windows. The participants have been identified and are being sought, and camera footage has been seized.
On the night of August 30, on Sinyushina Gora in Irkutsk, a participant in a brawl opened fire from a carbine near the Dachka café. The incident was reported by the press service of the Irkutsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.As eyewitnesses said, three unidentified men in a Toyota Ipsum were involved in an accident with a Toyota Corolla taxi driver in the parking lot near the café. Instead of calmly resolving the conflict, the driver and passengers of the Toyota Ipsum began beating and choking the Corolla driver. After the driver lost consciousness, two of the attackers got into the car and drove off, while one remained near the café.
“The Corolla driver, having come to his senses, got into the car and pressed the emergency button. Colleagues who arrived to help him went up to the attacker who remained near the café for an explanation. He ran toward the car of his friends. After that, his accomplices jumped out of the car, one of whom was armed with a Saiga carbine loaded with buckshot. He began firing into the air and toward the people who had come to help, hitting them with the butt of the gun and smashing car windows. His accomplices also helped him beat the people. After that, they got into the car and fled the scene,” the statement says.
The press service of the city’s Department of Internal Affairs said that the incident occurred at 2:00 a.m., the owners of the car involved in the crash and the disturbance have been identified, and a search for them is underway. CCTV footage has been seized.