08:55, 8 May 2014

In Nizhnevartovsk, law enforcers detain Dagestani native who shot at policemen and took hostages

In Nizhnevartovsk, fighters of the Special Rapid Response Unit (known as SOBR) have liberated five hostages captured by a man who opened fire on policemen. The assailant has been detained.

On May 7, in Nizhnevartovsk Street, policemen stopped two suspicious persons to check their documents. One of them pulled out a pistol, fired several shots at the law enforcers and wounded them in chest and leg. The second man has escaped.

The assailant ran up to a porch of the nearest house and took hostages of people who opened an apartment door in response to the doorbell. The operation to liberate hostages lasted more than six hours. At night, SOBR fighters broke down the door and detained the man, who rendered no resistance.

The Investigating Department of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) for Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, also known as Yugra, has reported that, according to the preliminary information, the assailant was identified as Abdul Magomedaliev, a 38-year-old native of Dagestan.