One Policeman Killed, Two Wounded In Shootout In Daghestan
Daghestan's Interior Ministry says one policeman was killed and two people were injured in a drive-by shooting in the republic's capital Makhachkala on July 12. July 12, 2010
The ministry said unidentified attackers opened fire on police at a checkpoint.
Two policemen were injured, one later died of his wounds in the hospital.
The driver of a vehicle police had stopped at the checkpoint was also injured.
The attack comes after a district court judge was shot dead in his car and bomb blasts injured two policemen and also derailed a cargo train over the weekend in the restive North Caucasus republic.
Russia is struggling to quash an Islamic insurgency in the North Caucasus, which also includes Chechnya and Ingushetia.
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