The police in Moscow detained 83 people after a skirmish at the market “Sadovod”

On the southern outskirts of Moscow, 82 people were detained for trying to push police officers away from a migrant who allegedly attacked a policeman.

The incident happened in the evening of December 15. First, the precinct officer tried to check the documents of a 21-year-old migrant on Verkhnye Polya street near the Sadovod market. According to the police, the man tried to leave, dragged the policeman several meters behind the car, and then hit him several times.

During the detention of the suspect, he allegedly had an epileptic seizure. At that moment, it follows from the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and from the Mash material, a group of workers from the market tried to take him away from the police officers.

The policeman involved in the arrest had to shoot in the air to drive away the crowd. Reinforcements arrived for the police.

The suspect in the attack on the policeman will be charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities and insulting a representative of the authorities. Protocols for petty hooliganism and violation of migration legislation have been drawn up on the rest of the detainees, reports the “MVD Media” website.

• The conflict with the police arose against the background of frequent raids by Russian police officers against labor migrants from other countries. The police are looking for migrants who have received Russian citizenship in order to hand them summonses to the army.