One dead, five injured in shooting at Russian intelligence agency in Moscow

A security officer has died and five people injured after an attacker opened fire outside the headquarters of Russia’s spy agency in Moscow.

The shooting happened near the building of the federal security service formerly known as the KGB.

The service said the lone gunman did not manage to enter the premises.

It added that the gunman had been neutralised by armed officers and  identified as a 39-year-old former private security guard .

The shooting happened shortly after president Vladimir Putin held his annual news conference and he was at a concert for security forces in the Kremlin.