
His appear will be reviewed August 24.
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick
Unidentified gunmen opened fire in Derbent on a police squad when they were stopped for an ID check, RBC reported, citing Interfax.
Two policemen were wounded and the militants escaped, a source told Interfax.
Dagestan's Interior Ministry confirmed the fact of the shooting and said the law-enforcers had suffered superficial wounds, but did not specify if the gunmen had escaped.
Police are still looking for the assailants' car, Caucasian Knot, a regional news service reported, citing TASS.
A number of terrorist attacks have taken place this year in Dagestan in which both law-enforcers and militants were killed.
The following headlines were taken from Novaya Gazeta, 7:40 na Perrone, Currenttime TV, RosBalt, Gazeta, Interfax, and RBC.
- Unidentified Militants Open Fire on Police in Dagestan; 2 Wounded
- Russian UN Ambassador Churkin Reiterates Support for Assad and Calls on US To Be "Objective"
- State Department: US and Russia Have Similar Views on Syria
- Andrei Movchan on the Social Media Flashmob Opposing Violence Against Women With #Imnotafraidtotell
-- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick