Moscow: Russian news agencies are reporting that four people were killed and two people have been injured in a shooting inside a courthouse in a Moscow suburb.

The agencies on Tuesday quoted a lawyer who was at the courthouse and saw a guard and a court official injured.

According to the Tass agency, Nataly Osipova, spokeswoman for the Moscow Regional Court, said the incident took place at a hearing in a case of a gang of nine people who have terrorised Moscow roads, killing more than a dozen of motorists.