At least 1 police officer killed in attack in Russia’s Dagestan region

By Asiye Latife Yilmaz

ISTANBUL (AA) - An unidentified person attacked a traffic police unit in the city of Makhachkala in Russia’s Dagestan region on Monday, killing one police officer and seriously injuring two others.

According to the region’s Interior Ministry, the attackers fled in a service car, and authorities have launched an “interception plan.”

“Measures are being taken to find and detain the attackers,” the ministry said.

A later statement by the region's Health Ministry said that the shootout, which took place in the region’s administrative center, left seven people injured.

Among them are two civilians, including a 17-year-old girl, as well as the two wounded assailants, whom it said were later hospitalized.

Doctors say the civilians are in moderate condition, it went on to say.

Victims are being treated in major hospitals in Makhachkala under the supervision of Dagestan's Health Minister Yaroslav Glazov, it added.

No motive for the attack has been identified.