By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW (AA) - Three people were killed in an armed attack on a police car in Russia's Caucasian Ingushetia region, according to the Interior Ministry.
The incident happened on Friday night when unidentified people fired at a car transporting law enforcement employees on Nazran-Magas highway, the ministry said in a statement.
"Unknown persons carried out an armed attack on a car, as a result of which three men inside were fatally injured," it said.
The attackers escaped in the direction of North Ossetia region on a car that was later found burnt, the statement added.
The regional office of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case following the incident, it said.