This was announced by the Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev.

“The offender has been arrested.

As a result of well-coordinated operational-search actions, he was found in an empty building near Novoshakhtinsk, ”he wrote on Telegram.

Earlier, the police said that a man in a camouflage uniform opened fire on police officers, after which he fled the scene.

The wounded policeman was hospitalized, his condition is assessed as moderate.