NALCHIK, May 30 (RIA Novosti) - Two policemen were wounded on Wednesday night after unknown suspects opened fire on their car in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a spokesman for the local Investigative Committee said.
Traffic policemen in the town of Baksan stopped a car for an inspection of documents but people inside the vehicle opened fire on them.
The republic’s Interior Ministry said earlier that one of the assailants was killed in the ensued shootout, while two more suspects managed to flee the crime scene.
Police launched a special operation in the republic to find and detain the escaped assailants.
