MAKHACHKALA. July 14 (Interfax-AVN) - A police officer of the Khasavyurt police department was killed in Khasavyurt on Monday, spokesman for the Dagestan Interior Ministry Mark Tolchinsky said.
The police officer, a member of a special unit, was killed by sniper at the exit from the city police department at about 4:30 p.m., Tolchinsky told Interfax.
The assailant fled, he said.