STAVROPOL. Feb 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Law-enforcers of the Stavropol territory have identified one of the victims of an armed deserter's attack as Captain Panasenko, on-duty serviceman of the command post of the Mozdok air force base, the major federal strongpoint in the North Caucasus.
Panasenko and another man were killed in an attack on a car near the town of Zelenokumsk in the Stavropol territory overnight to Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry told Interfax-Military News Agency. The attack is believed to be committed by Provate Alexei Khozeyev who went AWOL from an Interior Minisry troops unit at 10:35 p.m. Moscow time (1935 GMT) on Wednesday. He wore military camouflage uniform and had a Kalashnikov assault rifle on him.
Policemen and special units put on alert are searching for Khozeyev. The serviceman's height is 160cm to 174cm, he is of middle size and has short dark hair.