On 22 April, an unknown group attacked a police unit in Karachayevsk using automatic weapons. Two members of the security services were killed and a third injured. The authorities identified five local men as suspects.
Karachayevsk
Near Nizhniy market
43.769958
41.911475
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Attackers seized service weapon and ammunition. Automatic weapons used in attack. Ruslan Rasulovich Elkanov (b.1997); Akhmat Rasulovich Elkanov (b.1999); Kazbek Mussalimovich Dzhazayev (b.1994); Ruslan Aleksandrovich Semenov (b.1988); Vladimir Ivanovich Averyanov (b.1989) all placed on wanted list for involvement in attack. Targets: Interior Ministry, mobile division, Karachayevskiy rapid response team; deputy unit commander lieutenant Murat Kalakhanov and sergeant Roman Gushchin killed.