Investigation launched into highway attack in Ingushetia
(NSI News Source Info) NAZRAN - August 23, 2008: A criminal case was launched Saturday over an attack on vehicles in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia that left one person dead and several others injured, a local investigation spokesman said.
A pickup truck carrying fireworks and an accompanying police car came under gunfire on the Kavkaz federal highway at around 21:40 Moscow time (17:40 GMT) on Friday. A passenger on board the pickup was killed and the driver hospitalized with burns, while two policemen in the other car were also hospitalized with injuries.
The driver of a passing-by car received a minor wound, and a Lada car that followed the pickup was destroyed by fire, although the driver was unharmed.
An investigation is under way.
Earlier Friday, a policeman received two wounds when trying to arrest a hooligan on the premises of a local school in the village of Ekazhevo, near the province's largest city of Nazran.
In a separate incident, two blasts shook the Ingush town of Malgobek on Saturday. No casualties were reported.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Investigation launched into highway attack in Ingushetia
Investigation launched into highway attack in Ingushetia
(NSI News Source Info) NAZRAN - August 23, 2008: A criminal case was launched Saturday over an attack on vehicles in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia that left one person dead and several others injured, a local investigation spokesman said.
A pickup truck carrying fireworks and an accompanying police car came under gunfire on the Kavkaz federal highway at around 21:40 Moscow time (17:40 GMT) on Friday. A passenger on board the pickup was killed and the driver hospitalized with burns, while two policemen in the other car were also hospitalized with injuries.
The driver of a passing-by car received a minor wound, and a Lada car that followed the pickup was destroyed by fire, although the driver was unharmed.
An investigation is under way.
Earlier Friday, a policeman received two wounds when trying to arrest a hooligan on the premises of a local school in the village of Ekazhevo, near the province's largest city of Nazran.
In a separate incident, two blasts shook the Ingush town of Malgobek on Saturday. No casualties were reported.
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