A taxi rushed into a group of pedestrians near Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, injuring eight people, including two Mexicans in the city for the soccer World Cup which Russia is hosting. CCTV footage posted on social media showed the car veer out of a queue of stationary traffic and accelerate into pedestrians before coming to a halt.
The incident, which took place at a short distance from the Kremlin, comes a day after the US State Department updated its travel advice on Russia, saying terrorist groups were plotting attacks.
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Moscow police said the driver was a 28-year-old national from Kyrgyzstan, who has been taken into custody. The driver said he wanted to brake but accidentally hit the accelerator instead, according to a video published by police.
However, Russia’s Interfax news agency said the driver had fallen asleep at the wheel. Even though authorities have not ruled out the terror angle, they believe the incident was not intentional.
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