In Kazan, a man shot at a released convict near correctional colony No. 2.
As a result of a shot from a traumatic pistol, the former convict was injured.
This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for Tatarstan.
According to the department's report, the shooting took place on the territory adjacent to the colony.
A junior inspector of Correctional Colony No. 2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tatarstan heard a sound similar to a gunshot.
He immediately went outside to check the security situation.
The inspector saw two men fighting with each other.
One of them was holding an object in his hand that resembled a pistol.
Work to clarify all the circumstances of the incident continues.
There is no information yet on the condition of the injured released convict.