A shootout took place in Ingushetia. Three policemen were killed

In Ingushetia, a shootout took place in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt of the Malgobek district, where a counter-terrorist operation regime was previously announced. There are dead and wounded. This is the third such incident in the past week.

As the press service of the FSB administration in Ingushetia told TASS, unknown people barricaded themselves in one of the buildings in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt. When asked to detain them, they resisted and opened fire on law enforcement officers.

The Interfax source claims that the police tried to detain a group involved in the shelling of a DPS post on the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia on March 27, and then police officers on the outskirts of Malgobek on April 3.

According to the Telegram channel Mash, as a result of the shooting, two policemen were killed and six more were wounded. According to REN TV and Astra, three police officers were killed, and seven more were wounded.

According to the Telegram channel “Ingushetia Search”, allegedly connected to the law enforcement agencies, the precinct officer and two seconded officers were killed in the shootout.

There were no official reports of casualties or casualties.

The Magas Time reports without reference to the source that three of the wanted men were killed, one was taken alive. This information is not confirmed.

Earlier, six people were wanted on suspicion of attacking policemen. The bodies of two of them were found in late March-early April.