MAKHACHKALA, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer
was killed overnight and three other people injured in a
drive-by shooting in Russia's southern republic of Daghestan, a
local Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday.
The spokesperson said the incident occurred on Monday
evening near a town market in the Kizilyurt district, when
gunmen opened fire on the police officer from a vehicle.
"The police officer died instantly, three people who were
standing near the officer were wounded," he said.
A woman and two men have been hospitalized.
Investigators worked at the scene overnight and a search
has been launched to try and trace the attackers.
Sporadic militant attacks and clashes remain common in
Russia's North Caucasus republics neighboring Chechnya,
although the Kremlin campaign to fight separatists and
terrorists there was formally declared concluded. Violence
often spills over into the republics, in particular Ingushetia
and Daghestan.
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