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A taxi drove into a crowd of pedestrians near Moscow's Red Square on Saturday, hurting 7 individuals including two Mexicans in the
city for the soccer World Cup which Russia is hosting, officials and eyewitnesses said.The event occurred as locals and going to soccer fans
thronged the centre of Moscow on a balmy summer night, a brief distance from the Kremlin.Moscow's traffic management authority stated the
cabby had a motorist's licence released in Kyrgyzstan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic
The chauffeur, in custody, told police he had not driven into the crowd on purpose, according to a video published on the Moscow police
website.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin stated in a post on Twitter: There was an undesirable occurrence with a taxi
The driver lost control of the lorry
The city's police stated they had opened a criminal examination into a believed offense of the traffic code
The taxi being pulled from the accident spotThe cops stated seven individuals were injured in the event
Moscow city's health care department said earlier that eight had actually been harmed and required to hospital, of whom 7 remained in a
satisfactory condition, while one lady was seriously hurt.The Mexican embassy in Moscow stated 2 Mexican females had been lightly injured
Amongst those hurt were a Ukrainian, 2 Russians and 2 people of Azerbaijan, Russia's RIA news firm estimated a source in the emergency
situation services as saying.Video of the occurrence posted on social media revealed the yellow Hyundai taxi pull greatly out of a line of
fixed traffic, speed up and mount the narrow pavement, which was packed with pedestrians.The taxi drove for about 10 metres along the
pavement, bowling over pedestrians and carrying some on the bonnet of the cars and truck
It came to a stop after hitting a traffic sign.As bystanders attempted to pull open the driver's side door, the driver, worn black trousers
and black T-shirt, leapt out and sprinted away
More onlookers chased him and could be seen attempting to tackle him as the footage ended.MEXICO SOCCER MATCHA witness informed Reuters that
some of individuals hit were using Mexican team colours
Mexico handle Germany on Sunday in their first World Cup match at Moscow's Luzhniki arena, and thousands of Mexican fans are in the Russian
capital.A 2nd witness told Reuters about the driver of the taxi: He was taken out of the lorry, he ran off but bystanders nabbed him
He was yelling: 'It wasn't me'
Another witness, Viktoria Geraimovich, stated she called emergency services on her cellphone
She said the motorist ran into a group of Mexicans
There were shouts, groans
He was just stopped because he struck a traffic indication
Somebody offered him a punch in the face
He stayed in the vehicle, people came near him, stated what are you doing, punched him in the face, he unlocked and tried to escape
It's scary that it was in the centre (of Moscow) and I was best opposite, she said.Moscow's traffic management authority stated the
driver was not intoxicated and Interfax news agency pointed out a source stating there was no alcohol in his blood.The motorist stated he
wanted to brake but mistakenly hit the accelerator rather, according to a video released by authorities
Cops stand guard after a taxi encountered crowds of people in main Moscow, Russia I are sorry for very much I wanted to go home later on,
to have a sleep, he said.The motorist said he had actually been working for 20 hours by the time the occurrence happened
Asked why he escaped, he stated he hesitated he would be killed after bypassers beat him.A court will hold a sentencing hearing on Monday,
TASS reported.Authorities have vowed a safe soccer World Cup, which Russia is hosting for the first time ever
It is occurring in 11 cities up until July 15
In main Moscow, authorities have installed heavy concrete blocks across the entryways to pedestrian locations following a wave of events in
European cities in which automobiles were utilized to slaughter people.The U.S
State Department on Friday updated its travel suggestions on Russia, saying terrorist groups were plotting attacks
Terrorists might assault with little or no caution, targeting traveler areas, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, and city
government centers, the travel suggestions stated.DRIVER'S LICENCEThe Moscow traffic authority posted on Twitter a copy of what it said was
It gave his name as Chingiz Anarbek Uulu and said he was born upon April 22, 1990
It provided his birth place as the town of Kochkor-Ata in Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Uzbekistan.An account on Russian social media
platform Odnoklassniki for somebody with the very same name and date of birth was last upgraded 2 years ago.The last video he published on
his page portrayed chapter 82 of the Koran, Islam's holy book, which went over judgment day
There was nothing on the page to suggest any links to, or compassions with, Islamist militant groups
The harmed taxi after its chauffeur drove into a crowd injuring seven peoplePeople walking in central Moscow on Saturday evening stated they
understood the taxi event, however it did not put them off spending quality time in the city
The streets were packed with people listening to street artists perform, or sitting at pavement coffee shops
We're not scared but disappointed, said Youseff Fraige, 27, from Monterrey, Mexico
We didn't expect something like this to happen in a place like this
It could occur throughout the world, but that it occurs here in Moscow, in the middle of the World Cup, it's shocking for us
( Reporting by Christian Lowe, Maria Kiselyova, Jack Stubbs, Gabrielle T # 233; trault-Farber and Tom Balmforth; Composing by Christian
Lowe; Modifying by Stephen Powell, Catherine Evans and David Gregorio) © Thomson Reuters 2018( Except for the heading, this story has
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