Makhachkala, Russia; 30 September 2003 (RFE/RL) -- Police in Russia's southern Daghestan Republic say armed men attacked a police vehicle there today killing at least five police officers. Interfax news agency reported that three of the officers were from an investigative department, one was a detective, and one was a beat officer.
Daghestan is an ethnically mixed, mostly Muslim, region on the Caspian Sea. The attack was at an intersection in the town of Khasavyurt, near Daghestan's border with Chechnya.
Daghestan is an ethnically mixed, mostly Muslim, region on the Caspian Sea. The attack was at an intersection in the town of Khasavyurt, near Daghestan's border with Chechnya.