Miki Xavier Johnson, killed on 8 July in the us city of Dallas five and wounding six police officers, was armed with a modified carbine saiga 5.45 mm Russian production. This was reported by the portal The Arms Guide.
“After the explosion, police commandos found amid the wreckage of a semi-automatic rifle saiga IZ-240 with a magazine for 30 cartridges”, — stated in the message.
Hunting carbine “saiga” issued by the Russian concern “Kalashnikov” and is permitted in all U.S. States. It is not reported whether the weapons acquired by Johnson legally or unlawfully obtained.
In the basic version of the “saiga IZ-240” supplied with 10-round magazine and cannot use the standard shops from Kalashnikov assault rifles, but the rifle could be modified to fire with their use. Found “saiga” was additionally equipped with a muzzle brake / compensator Zenit folding stock Magpul Zhukov, and strap “Zenit” for mounting optical and red dot sights.
The portal also reports that Johnson is about six months he was in the party “New black Panther party (New Black Panther), but left because of unwillingness to respect the chain of command. He also attended courses of fire in a suburb of Dallas.
On the night of July 8 in Dallas Texas during a protest against the arbitrariness of the police were opened fire on a group of guards. Three law enforcement officers died on the spot, two died later in hospital. Another six policemen were injured, two of them in critical condition. The suspect in the attack — a reservist of the US Army Mickey Xavier Johnson was blocked by guards in the underground Parking lot and killed using a robot Remotec F-5 with an explosive charge of C4 with a cord-detonator.
