Dagestan resident arrested after shooting in central Makhachkala

A court in Makhachkala has sent a man who opened fire at the entrance to the Etazhi shopping center because of a passerby's glance at his wife to a pretrial detention center.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on August 29, a man opened fire near a shopping center in Makhachkala and fled; the second participant in the conflict was taken to the police. The incident was triggered by a passerby's "interested" glance at the shooter's wife. Later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the shooter, a 35-year-old resident of the Magaramkent district, was detained on charges of hooliganism.

The Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala has arrested a resident of Dagestan for two months, accused of hooliganism with the use of a weapon after a shooting near the Etazhi shopping center in the city center.

Although no one was injured in the incident on August 29, the court noted that the accused fired a firearm in a place where there were a large number of people.

“The court ruled to choose a preventive measure for the man in the form of detention for a period of two months, until October 29, 2025 inclusive,” the official Telegram channel of the republic’s courts said.

The article charged against the man carries a sentence of up to seven years in prison or up to five years of forced labor.

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