MAKHACHKALA, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Two police officers were killed and one injured in two separate attacks on police posts in the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan overnight, a spokesman said on Friday.
The latest killings following an attack on a police post and sauna on Thursday which left eleven people dead
"The first incident occurred in the center of Makhachkala, not far from the city's market. Gunmen shot two police officers at their post with a firearm fitted with a silencer," the spokesman said.
The second incident occurred in the outskirts of Makhachkala, "A traffic police officer was wounded in the head and taken to a city hospital," the spokesman said.
Police also said on Friday that they had identified some of the militants involved in Thursday attack in Dagestan, when gunmen opened fire on a police post in the Caspian Sea town of Buinaksk.
The attackers then stormed into a nearby sauna and gunned down seven women.
A police source in Dagestan said some 15 gunmen were believed to have been involved in the shooting.
Also in Dagestan on Thursday, two police officers were wounded in separate sniper attacks in Makhachkala.
Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya, has seen an upsurge in militant violence in recent months, with attacks on police and federal forces being a regular occurrence. In June, Dagestan's interior minister was assassinated at a wedding reception.
