Road Rage Driver Shot in the Neck With Flare
Mother Russia never disappoints.
https://www.newsweek.com/road-rage-f...moscow-1460474
An angry driver in Moscow was shot in the neck with what's believed to be a flare gun during a confrontation with another motorist.
The incident happened Wednesday on the Warsaw Highway.
Video footage shows a man identified as Spartak Ognessian angrily racing up to a dark-colored sedan. When he reaches the driver's side window, though, there's a bright red flash and Ognessian getting hit in the neck. As car drives off, Ognessian, 30, clutches his still-burning neck and stumbles around on the road before an unnamed woman comes to his aid.
Ognessian is listed in serious condition in the ICU at an area hospital, Russian language site Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
The incident was confirmed Wednesday afternoon by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Northern Butovo of Moscow, which indicated a woman reported that her friend had been shot in the neck "with a pistol-like object" during a traffic conflict on the highway.
An unnamed 32-year-old Moscow resident has been arrested on hooliganism charges. A weapon that was seized is being examined—Most news reports indicate it was a flare gun.
Komsomolskaya Pravda speculates the weapon may have been a signal flare gun, used by "used by hunters, fishermen, tourists [and] rescuers," which do not require a license.
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