In St. Petersburg, a taxi driver shot a passenger with a traumatic pistol

"On March 1, 2025, at 20:51, the police of the Vyborgsky district of St. Petersburg received a telephone message from a medical institution stating that a 35-year-old St. Petersburg resident with bruises and abrasions had independently contacted them, who, after providing medical care, was sent for outpatient treatment," the department said in a statement. in Telegram.

The victim filed a police report the next day. He said that he was driving an Exeed LX car in a taxi as a passenger. He had a conflict with the driver. As a result, the taxi driver got out of the car on Engels Avenue and fired a traumatic pistol at the victim. He then fled the scene in his car.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg clarified that law enforcement agencies had taken measures to search for and detain the suspect.

Earlier, on February 14th, in In Moscow an incident occurred on Golyanovskaya Street an attack on a taxi driver. A source told Izvestia that a 26-year-old taxi driver was hospitalized with a wound in the shoulder area. An incident occurred between the victim and the 39-year-old driver of a foreign car verbal sparring. The taxi driver drove into the opponent's car, after which shots were fired. The man who opened fire was detained.