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Russian sex shop attacked by disgruntled customer

Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:58am IST
 
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man shot and wounded a saleswoman in a Russian sex shop on Wednesday after the impotence tablets he bought failed to have the desired effect, Russian media quoted police as saying.

The man walked into the "Intim" shop in a Moscow suburb on Wednesday evening and demanded a refund for the tablets he had bought there a day earlier, Interfax news agency quoted law enforcement sources as saying.

He shot the shop assistant with a pistol when she refused to give him back his money, the agency said.

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