Russian Policeman Opens Fire on Armenian Bus Driver in St. Petersburg

A police officer opened fire on a bus in the Russian city of St. Petersburg and wounded the driver, an Armenian national. The passengers have been shocked and intend to bring an appeal at the Prosecutor's Office against the policeman.

According to the Russian web source Gazeta.ru the policeman insisted that it was the bus driver who attacked him and he had but to open fire.

The incident took place at about 6 pm local time today.

Witnesses say the bus, belonging to Golden Dragon Company, stopped at a bus station by violating the traffic rules. The policeman, coming behind the bus in Chevrolet police car, noticed it, got out of the car and started verbally assaulting the driver for the violation. Afterwards, the passengers say, he took out his pistol and opened fire on the driver and on the bus.

Then the quarrel continued near the Mariinsky Theatre where the policeman shot at the bus for 12 times allegedly with rubber bullets.