The Moscow police force says it is holding 1207 people on suspicion of planning to take part in ethnic clashes. The arrests were made in the streets and at stations of the city’s underground metro system. Officers confiscated some 300 knives and seven traumatic handguns…
Fun time in the big city today…
We stayed home…
Windows to Russia!
- More than 200 arrested in Moscow (cnn.com)
- Moscow police detain hundreds to prevent ethnic clashes (rt.com)
- Russian police detain 1,000 to prevent ethnic clashes (ctv.ca)
- Gallery: Russian ethnic fears rise as Moscow police detain over 100 rioters (calgaryherald.com)
- Ethnic clashes feared in Moscow – live pictures on RT (rt.com)
- Moscow riot police deployed amid ethnic tensions (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- 1,000 detained in Moscow to prevent ethnic clashes (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
- Moscow in lockdown after ethnic violence (cbc.ca)
- Protests Tinged With Ethnic Tensions Erupt in Moscow Over Soccer Fan’s Killing (nytimes.com)
- Kremlin vows to punish violent racists after clash (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Tags: ethnic violence, Kremlin, moscow police, underground metro