Mass shooting in Volgograd: a migrant worker from Azerbaijan shot passengers he disliked

In a shootout in Volgograd six people were injured. According to the preliminary data, a conflict ensued after the taxi driver refused to take a group of young people returning home from a wedding. RUSARMINFO has found out some details of the tragedy in Volgograd: the source of the agency reported that the shootout occurred in the night from the 20th to the 21st of September near the Kaczynski market in the Dzerzhinsk district of Volgograd.

A group of young people from 6 decided to use the services of a taxi driver. For unclear reasons, between the taxi driver and the young men struck up a verbal sparring. To deal with the passengers, the taxi driver called up one of his relatives with a gun, who shot without further ado the group of young people. As a result of gunshot, Yan Klyushin, a well-known Volgograd athlete, died on the spot, the five young men with bullet wounds were taken to hospital.

It’s noteworthy to pay attention to the ethnic composition of the bloody drama: in a group of young people returning from the weeding were two Armenians and four Russians, the taxi driver and his relative — Azerbaijanis. The alleged perpetrators were detained. The preliminary list of the victims: Oleg Semenov, 22 years old — a gunshot wound to his left thigh, taken to trauma. Igor Smolyaninov, 22 years old — a gunshot wound to the right hand, taken to trauma. Armen Yeghiazaryan, 22 years old — a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, after the first aid was taken to the police station. Alexander Klimukhin, 23 years — a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, taken to the police. Vlad Dzherdzhikhanyan, 24 years old — a gunshot wound to his left thigh, taken to the police.