In Makhachkala, man killed in special operation

In Makhachkala, a suspected accomplice of militants killed in a shootout when he was trying to break through to the apartment blocked by the police, and a law enforcement agent was wounded. This was told to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent by a source at the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The special operation is being carried out in Kazbekov Street. The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced in the district. According to the preliminary information, in the apartment of a high-rise apartment building, blocked by the police, there are two members of illegal armed formations (IAFs). This was reported by the source at the MIA. Earlier, the MIA reported about three persons blocked in the building.

"At about 10:00 p.m., one of the onlookers who crowded near the building where the special operation is being carried out tried to break through to the militants. He broke through the cordon of policemen and wounded a police officer from a traumatic pistol. He was shot and killed by return fire. Two traumatic pistols were found by him. The killed man was an alleged accomplice of the militants," the source at the Dagestani MIA reports.