In Dagestan, man killed in shootout with policemen

In the Karabudakhkent District of Dagestan, policemen shot and killed an armed man, who opened fire on them from a window car. This was reported by a Dagestani law enforcer.

According to him, the incident has occurred today at about 0:00 a.m. Moscow time.

"The policemen were carrying out a special operation to detain an armed man. He refused to lay down his arms and opened fire on the policemen at the 35th kilometre of the Manas-Sergokala highway, and then tried to escape in a Toyota Camry car. The criminal was killed by return fire," the "Interfax-Yug" quotes the law enforcer as stating.

The suspected member of an illegal armed formation (IAF) has been identified. None of the policemen was injured.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.