The Russian police denied the version that a shootout near the Armenian church in Kaliningrad was religiously-motivated.

Media reports alleged that a conflict had religious motives as the incident occurred not far from an Armenian church. The police said all participants were Russians by the origin, and supposedly business matters were the reason for a conflict, Kaliningrad.ru reported.

As reported earlier, an unknown opened fire near Surb Stepanos Armenian Apostolic Church in Kaliningrad, Russia, on Tuesday. Three man were wounded.