An armed man in a flower shop on Taganskaya Street in Moscow held a man and a woman hostage, they said. REN TV, TASS and RIA Novosti, citing law enforcement sources. The Metropolitan Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs later confirmed to RIA Novosti the detention of a man
The exact number of people who were in the store is unknown. Police officers are on the scene.
According to TASS, the man held several people hostage. According to RIA Novosti, only an employee of a flower shop.
According to a TASS source, the man who broke into the flower shop was in an inadequate condition, he began to threaten visitors and staff.