[AFP] Two traffic policemen were killed on Saturday after their vehicle came under fire in Russia'S north Caucasus region.The local branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee said "unidentified people fired multiple shots from an automatic weapon" at two traffic cops riding in their patrol vehicle in the town of Malgobek in Ingushetia at around 1:30 a.m. One of the policemen was killed at the scene, while the second officer died in hospital from his injuries, police said.
Attacks against police are not uncommon in the north Caucasus, which faces an active Islamist insurgency.
The latest incident came days after the ISIS Takfiri group claimed the killing of two other traffic policemen in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan this week. ISIS also claimed a separate attack that injured three National Guard officers on Thursday in an incident in which the assailant thought to be involved in the death of the Astrakhan traffic policemen was gunned down.
Astrakhan lies several hundred kilometers northeast of the restive north Caucasus, and attacks against law enforcement are less common there.