Police gathered outside the sweet factory in Moscow where there is an ongoing hostage situation (Picture: East2West)

A man has been killed and three have been injured after a shootout at a sweet factory in Moscow.

Special forces troops were preparing to storm the Menshevik sweet plant amid reports that the plant’s owner was rampaging through the premises with a gun.

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He was identified as Ilya Averyanov, 49, and is said to have shot at three visitors, believed to be local prosecutors.

They are all said to be injured while a fourth person, identified as Alexay Kostikov, was shot dead at the scene.


Averyanov was barricaded into the plant and refused to let police enter and he called a radio station from the building.

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The owner of the factory is said to have barricaded himself into the factory (Picture: East2West)

He said: ‘I am the factory’s director. I am sitting inside here, barricaded.’



He accused the prosecutors of acting like a criminal gang against him. He added: ‘They have been following me for 4 years.

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‘They pulled my factory away from me by using fake documents. They are buying everything, they are faking documents and use these fake documents in court.

‘This morning I came to work and I was stormed, they tried to take me with a gun, with other arms.

‘I have arms, too, today I defended myself. I shot one of them, sadly looks like I shot him to death. This is the story.

‘If I live, I’ll fight until the very end. Now I am being surrounded by special forces. All’s well. Now I’ll be either shooting myself, or I’ll surrender.’

The man claiming to be the owner said he would either shoot himself or surrender (Picture: Reuters)

The he’d of Moscow police General Oleg Baranov was at the scene taking personal control.

The sweet factory has been cordoned off.

Sources close to the company said that it is in debt and that Averyanov faces legal sanctions over the financial problems.