Authorities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Karachai-Cherkessia said on April 29 that two police officers were killed and four wounded overnight in an attack by armed individuals who threw an explosive device and opened fire on a traffic police patrol. The attackers were killed by law enforcement, the region's Interior Ministry said. A week earlier, two other police officers were killed and one officer wounded in Karachai-Cherkessia after unknown attackers opened fire on a police patrol. The assailants managed to take a pistol, an AK-47, and ammunition from the officers, the authorities said at the time. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
2 Police Officers Killed In Russia's Karachai-Cherkessia
Cars at a scene where five suspects in an attack on police officers were killed in Russia's Karachai-Cherkessia region.