At least one person has been killed in a shooting outside Russia's security agency headquarters in Moscow.
Shots rang out in downtown Moscow near to the headquarters of the country's national security agency, with at least one member of Russia's security forces killed.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russia’s top security agency said one of its officers has been killed, and two seriously wounded, in a shooting near its Moscow headquarters.
Five people in total are said to have received treatment for wounds due to the incident.
It also said the shooter in the Thursday incident has been "neutralised" - a term often used to reference when an assailant is killed.
The FSB would not give further details of the incident.
Multiple ambulances were seen in the area.
In a video shared on social media, loud shots and bangs can be heard.
Robert Anchipolovsky, an Israeli musician, was on the way to his concert in Moscow when he started filming the street from his car. As he started filming, the shooting began.
"I thought it was fireworks and then I saw how police started to fall on the tarmac and crouch down," Mr Anchipolovsky said.
Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the president had been informed of the shooting that came shortly after the Russian leader's annual news conference.
At about the same time when the shooting happened, Mr Putin made a speech at a Kremlin concert for FSB and other Russian security personnel.
In a speech marking the date the Soviet secret police was founded, Mr Putin hailed its officers for their efforts in combating terrorism and organised crime.
