12:32, 31 May 2014

Two persons killed in shelling in Dagestan

Tonight, two persons were killed in the shelling from a car near the village of Uchkent of the Kumtorkala District of Dagestan. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for Dagestan.

According to the MIA, at 00:25 a.m., near the village of Nizhny Chirkey of the Kizilyurt District, two unidentified persons threatened a driver with weapon and took his VAZ-2108 car. At 00:30 a.m., they drove to the clubhouse in the village of Uchkent of the Kumtorkala District and opened fire from the car at two men. After that, the attackers fled.

Both men, residents of the village of Nizhny Chirkey, died from their wounds. This was reported by the message posted at the website of the Dagestani MIA.

According to the preliminary information of the Investigating Committee, one of the victims was an ex-policeman, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.

See earlier reports: OMON fighter wounded in Dagestan is in grave condition, Militants extorted money from head of electricity grid of Gergebil District, a local asserts, Imam murdered in Dagestan was a relative of Aliaskhab Kebekov, leader of "Imarat Kavkaz", source reports.