Man shot outside Russian embassy in Zimbabwe

Security guards shot and wounded a man dressed in military attire outside the Russian Embassy in Harare on Wednesday night, police have said.

Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the BBC that the 24-year-old man had confronted security guards at the embassy.

He was taken to a local hospital where he remains under arrest as police conduct an investigation into the incident.

The Russian embassy press attaché, Egor Kuropitnik, told the BBC that surveillance footage showed a man staggering towards the guards.

As he approached the perimeter of the embassy an officer fired what could have been a warning shot, but the man continued to move towards the security. A second shot was fired and the man collapsed.

He did not appear to have been trying to scale the wall, Mr Kuropitnik said.

Source; BBC