A man aiming at a dog shot a girl in the south of Moscow.

In the south of Moscow, a man fired a traumatic pistol at an 11-year-old girl, but he was aiming at a dog that belonged to the girl. This was announced on April 22 by a source of Izvestia.

According to him, the incident occurred in the evening on Luganskaya Street in the Tsaritsyn district, when the girl and her mother went for a walk, taking their pet with them.

"An unknown man approached them and shot the girl in the hand with a traumatic pistol. At the same time, the man initially wanted to shoot the dog," the source said.

As a result of the incident, the minor was injured in the arm and was taken to a medical facility. The attacker is currently detained.

On April 17, the press service of the main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region reported a shooting on Oktyabrsky Prospekt in Lyubertsy. It was clarified that the conflict occurred between the driver of the car and the food delivery man. One of them fired at the opponent, presumably from a traumatic pistol, and then disappeared.