17:00, 1 June 2012

Two schools attacked in Dagestan

At night on June 1, in the Tsuntin District of Dagestan, unidentified persons attacked two schools, in which power agents had been temporarily stationed. One person was killed.

The first incident occurred in the village of Tsebari, Tsuntin District.

"In the village of Tsebari, Tsuntin District, unidentified attackers opened fire at the villager Zairbek Gazimagomedova, who died on the spot of received wounds; later the attackers set the building of the village school on fire," said the ICRF's spokesman for Dagestan.

Currently, a skirmish with policemen is on in the village. The situation is clarified, the RIA "Novosti" reports.

Some time later, another group of suspected militants attacked the school in the village of Tsyntuk, said a source from local law enforcement bodies.

For the time of summer school vacations, the fighters of temporary operational military grouping have been stationed in the school buildings, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.