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| Two militants who attacked traffic police officers were eliminated in Makhachkala |
| 2025-05-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Two attackers on traffic police officers were eliminated in Makhachkala. This was reported by the head of the press service and information technology department of the Sovietsky district of Makhachkala, Abdulla Kamilov. “According to the information we have, two militants were neutralized,” Kamilov wrote on his Telegram channel. According to him, during the attack the terrorists took over a police patrol car. Now law enforcement officers continue to search for other possible participants in the incident. Kamilov called on local residents to wait until the operational work is completed and not to go outside. As reported by the Regnum news agency, unknown persons opened fire on police officers at the intersection of Kerimov and Magomedtagirov streets in Makhachkala. As a result, three law enforcement officers were killed, and one of the attackers was killed by return fire. According to the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, the shooting was carried out by the driver of a car that the police were trying to stop. The city has an "Intercept" plan in place. As a result of the incident, one police officer was killed and two others were injured. According to the regional health ministry, at least seven people were injured, including a seventeen-year-old girl. Later, footage of a shootout between police officers and armed bandits at the intersection of Kerimov and Magomedtagirov streets appeared online. The footage shows police cars and the bodies of the dead, as well as eyewitnesses hiding from bullets. The regional department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the fact of an attempt on the lives of law enforcement officers. |
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