Short incident summary
Police reported that a man dressed in a niqab had opened fire on police during a document check. It later became clear that the man was wanted and the attack occurred much earlier
Event in review
Incident start date
Incident finish date
Incident location republic
Dagestan
Incident location city
Incident location details
Khasavyurt-Tlokh road
Latitude
Longitude
Location specificity
Vague
Incident type
Detention failed
Weapons used
Small arms
Perpetrator type
Security services
Perpetrator group
Number of perpetrators
Target type
Rebel
Number of casualties (low)
2
Number of casualties (high)
2
Number killed (low)
Number killed (high)
Number injured (low)
2
Number injured (high)
2
Security services killed
Civilian killed
Insurgents killed
Number detained
Incident linked to
Additional notes
41-year-old Chechen native Ali Demilkhanov accused of opening fire on police during a document check. The press service of the Dagestani Interior Ministry later clarified that the attack occurred in 2017, and Demilkhanov had now been spotted wearing a niqab.