Teenage 'Laser hooligan' detained in Grozny

GROZNY, July 5 (Itar-Tass) - A 'laser hooligan' was detained in the
Chechen capital of Grozny on Monday, the press service of Chechnya's
Interior Ministry reports.
"Employees of the interior department of the Grozny located a 'laser
hooligan' who almost blinded a plane pilot who was returning to Grozny
airport on Monday evening,> the Interior Ministry's press service went on
to say.
The plane was preparing to land at Grozny airport when the pilot
informed the air traffic controllers at the airport that a laser ray had
been directed at the plane from the ground. The interior department's
staff was put on alert. The hooligan was identified and detained within an
hour. He turned out to be a teenager (b. 1994) from Petropavlovskaya
settlement of the Grozny district, the Chechen Interior Ministry said.