One man was killed and another wounded after a group of unknown suspects opened fire on a motorized police convoy in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a local police source said.
He said the attack took place on Wednesday at 22:20 Moscow time (18:20 GMT) near the village of Serebryakovka in the Kizlyar Region of the republic.
“It is still unknown how many militants attacked the motorized convoy and whether any of them were killed in return fire,” the source said but did not specify whether the killed and wounded people were policemen.
More than a decade after the end of a war against separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Russian security forces continue to fight militants in other regions in the area besides Chechnya, including Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and North Ossetia.