The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs denied reports that the police were put on high alert. The denial was published on: Web site departments.
“Metropolitan police officers ensure that public order is maintained in Moscow around the clock,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasized.
The statement was a reaction to the publication Telegram channel Baza “The number of patrol groups in the center of Moscow and some types of transport was increased by 2-2.5 times, employees in civilian clothes were also sent to duty.” Allegedly, security measures were strengthened after the US Embassy reported that a terrorist attack was imminent in the Russian capital.
Before that, as a result of the shooting in Lyubertsy injured five people. Police arrived at the scene after receiving a report of an armed attack near a cafe on Komsomolsky Prospekt.
Previously drive in the center of Moscow organized shooting under lezginka.