Two people have been killed after a man opened fire at Moldova’s main international airport.
The shooting is thought to have taken place after a traveller arriving from overseas was denied entry to the country The gunman is believed to have started shooting at Chisinau International Airport after being denied entry to the country, police said.
They added in a statement posted on Facebook: ‘At this moment the danger has been eliminated. The aggressor was wounded and is being treated.’A police source said the arriving passenger had flown in from Turkey and that he had used a firearm against border guards. Moldova’s Newsmaker website cited unnamed officials saying the man had seized a gun from a border police officer after being taken to an area to be barred entry.Moldova, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, has a population of 2.6 million and is pushing to join the European Union.
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