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| Astrakhan shootings: 4 gunmen dead in southern Russia after 2 deadly attacks on police | Astrakhan shootings: 4 gunmen dead in southern Russia after 2 deadly attacks on police |
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| Four suspects in the twin attack on police in Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan have been shot dead during a manhunt, hours after their second attack since Tuesday, the National Guard said. The gunmen killed two officers, seriously injuring two others. | Four suspects in the twin attack on police in Russia’s southern city of Astrakhan have been shot dead during a manhunt, hours after their second attack since Tuesday, the National Guard said. The gunmen killed two officers, seriously injuring two others. |
| Three Russian National Guard servicemen were shot at from a moving vehicle at a checkpoint on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported. One of the attackers was killed on the spot. | Three Russian National Guard servicemen were shot at from a moving vehicle at a checkpoint on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported. One of the attackers was killed on the spot. |
| Police cordoned off the entire district of the city where the attack took place, with no vehicles allowed in or out. A special operation was launched. Local investigators have confirmed that the attackers were identified as suspects in the fatal April 4 shooting. | |
| “One of the suspects in the murder of policemen in Astrakhan was eliminated during an attack on a National Guard post, while another died after an injury to his back, two others were located and eliminated. All of them were wanted in the case of the [April 4] murder of the police officers. There have been no casualties among National Guard servicemen,” a National Guard spokesman told Sputnik news agency. | |
| The gunman killed at the checkpoint has been identified as Ramzan Kukulayev, TASS reported, citing police sources. | The gunman killed at the checkpoint has been identified as Ramzan Kukulayev, TASS reported, citing police sources. |
| Another assailant, who succumbed to injuries after fleeing the scene of the attack, has been reportedly identified as Nurbol Sapsanov. | Another assailant, who succumbed to injuries after fleeing the scene of the attack, has been reportedly identified as Nurbol Sapsanov. |
| Two of the injured servicemen have been hospitalized in critical condition, the agency said. | Two of the injured servicemen have been hospitalized in critical condition, the agency said. |
| On Tuesday, Astrakhan Governor Aleksanr Zhilkin told media that the April 4 attackers were suspected to be part of a group of Islamist extremists, following an emergency counter-terrorist meeting on the attack. This, however, has not yet been confirmed by investigators. | |
| On April 4, a group of armed assailants in a vehicle shot and killed two police officers who arrived at the scene of a road traffic accident. The attack took place while police were writing up an on-the-spot accident report. One of the officers was reported to be a father of two. | |
| The attacks come amid a heightened terror alert in Russia following the Monday bombing of the St. Petersburg Metro, in which 14 people were killed and some 50 hospitalized in a suspected terrorist attack. | The attacks come amid a heightened terror alert in Russia following the Monday bombing of the St. Petersburg Metro, in which 14 people were killed and some 50 hospitalized in a suspected terrorist attack. |