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Two policemen wounded in attack in Russia’s Ingushetia

12 July 2011 23:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Two policemen were wounded late on Tuesday night after unknown suspects opened fire on their patrol car in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a local police spokesman said, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.

"Unknown suspects fired from a grenade launcher at a police patrol car at about 23:00 Moscow time [19:00 GMT] near the town of Malgobek. Two policemen were wounded as a result," the spokesman said.

He added that the policemen were taken to a hospital with one of them in grave condition.

This was the second attack on policemen in Ingushetia on Tuesday as earlier in the day a suicide bomber attacked a police post near the village of Galashki. The militant blew himself up but no one else was hurt in the attack.

More than a decade after the end of a war against separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Russian security forces continue to fight militants in other regions in the area besides Chechnya, including Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Dagestan, and North Ossetia.

Frequent attacks are staged on security forces, police and civilians.