Police patrol comes under fire in Dagestan

Gunmen fired at a police unit not far from the village of Novo-Sasitli, the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, the Dagestani Interior Ministry said.

None of the policemen was harmed, and the attackers are being searched for, it said. Police stopped a car for an ID check on the outskirts of the village, but the driver and passengers abandoned the car and fled into a nearby forest, it said.

"The patrol started chasing the men in an UAZ vehicle but was fired upon. Nobody was injured. The area where the attackers are hiding has been cordoned off. They are being searched for," it said.