17 Feb 2014 22:07

Detectives probing incident in which policewoman pushed woman with child - source

MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - Detectives are investigating an Internet video showing a woman standing with a child on a sidewalk being pushed by a woman police officer and hit by the officer's husband, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Monday.

The officer, Zhanna Ozhimina, may face criminal action, according to the source.

On Friday, the Interior Ministry press center told Interfax that Ozhimina would receive a strict disciplinary penalty.

"The incident took place in November last year," the center said. "An internal investigation was ordered immediately."

"The Ministry of the Interior apologizes to the woman for the indecent behavior of one of its officers," the center said.