Police arrests 600 Muslims at mosque in Moscow

By Ali Cura

MOSCOW (AA) - Approximately 600 Muslims at a mosque in Moscow were arrested by security forces late Friday.

Lawyer Lidiya Anosova said police detained the community in the Kotelniki district of Moscow, according to Russia's TASS news agency.

"According to my knowledge, around 600 people were detained. These people were detained at the mosque in Kotelniki," said Anasova said, who added that the detainees were taken to the Lyubertsy Police Station.

Anasova said the identities of the detainees are being checked and no charges have yet been filed.

The Press Service of the Moscow Regional Administration of the country's Interior Ministry announced that information about the detention is being monitored.

*Writing by Dilan Pamuk in Ankara