“When a police patrol arrived at the scene, the man was found outside the metro station. Then a situation arose which caused the police to use their service weapon and fire machine guns at the man,” the police write.
The shot man must have been awake and talkable when he was taken by ambulance to hospital.
A preliminary investigation into attempted murder, assault or aggravated assault and threats / violence against an official has been initiated.
Listen to an interview with the police in the clip above.