19:58, 29 September 2017

Soldier from Dagestan announced wanted after executing his fellow servicemen

Kalashnikov rifle. Photo: ru.wikipedia.org

Today, at a military training ground in the Amur Region, during a routine night shooting, a soldier opened automatic fire at a group of soldiers, who were waiting for entering the fire line, the press service of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

"An officer and two soldiers received mortal wounds; two other servicemen were hospitalized and are receiving the necessary assistance. The shooter has disappeared from the scene with his firearm and is now searched for," says the report posted on the ICRF’s website.

The incident occurred in the territory of the military unit stationed in the Transportny micro-district of the city of Belogorsk, the Mayoralty reports. "According to the available information, the serviceman, Corporal Gasan Abdulakhadov, born in 1994, is a native of the Republic of Dagestan," says the website of the Mayoralty of Belogorsk.

According to the police, the serviceman disappeared with four cartridge magazines, the press service of the Belogorsk Mayor reports.

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