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2 killed in attack on FSB office in Russia's Far East

Xinhua, April 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

An employee of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and a civilian were killed Friday in a shooting attack on the FSB office in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, said the FSB.

It said in a statement that a man, later identified as an 18-year-old local resident A. Konev, entered the office and started shooting at people in the waiting room, killing two and wounding another.

The attacker, suspected of belonging to a neo-Nazi group, was killed on spot, the statement said, without giving further details.

The man did not carry any explosive devices, the FSB added. Endi