Law enforcers during special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru

05 March 2017, 13:28

Man killed in shootout in Derbent

Today, law enforcers have reported cordoning off several houses in the area of Buynaksk Street in Derbent. The houses were cordoned off under the operation to detain members of the armed assault. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan.

According to a source from the law enforcement bodies for Dagestan, during a shootout in Derbent, 27-year-old local resident, blocked in a house in Buynaksk Street, was killed. The man was suspected of involvement in a robbery committed this February.

"According to the preliminary reports, the man was offered to surrender without a fight. He began to shoot on law enforcers, and he was neutralized," the RIA "Dagestan" quotes the source from the law enforcement bodies as reporting.

According to the law enforcement bodies of Dagestan, starting from night, law enforcers "cordoned off the house in Buynaksk Street in Derbent." "In the morning, the man suspected of involvement in robbery let his wife and mother leave the house and then opened fire on the law enforcers. He was killed by return fire," reports the source from the law enforcement bodies as quoted by the "Chernovik" (Draft).

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

See earlier reports:

Three persons killed in CTO in Khasavyurt, In Shamil District, CTO prevents gathering of local residents, A man killed by law enforcers in Dagestan.

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