Three people have been killed and two others wounded in the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria on their way to a ski resort.
Regional police spokesman Maxim Ushanov said the tourists were attacked as a mini-van was transferring them from a regional airport to the winter sports resort area of Baksan near Mount Elbrus.
A message on an Islamist website kept by the militant group Caucasus Emirate said the tourists were killed because they "came into the zone of war."
compiled from agency reports
Regional police spokesman Maxim Ushanov said the tourists were attacked as a mini-van was transferring them from a regional airport to the winter sports resort area of Baksan near Mount Elbrus.
A message on an Islamist website kept by the militant group Caucasus Emirate said the tourists were killed because they "came into the zone of war."
compiled from agency reports