Four people standing trial in a Moscow court were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight that broke out in the court building, a lawyer for the defendants said.
Lawyer Diana Tatosova told Reuters over the telephone that she was told by the chief investigator in the case that of the 11 defendants in the court, four were killed.
TASS news agency said the gunfight broke out after some of the defendants tried to grab firearms from court security officers, and take people as hostages.