Three militants killed in Makhachkala in attack on police patrol

An armed attack on a mobile police patrol took place on Friday in the

settlement of Leninkent, a suburb of Makhachkala. Three attackers were

killed, Interfax reports, referring to the press service of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan.

A spokesman for the ministry said that the incident occurred at about

15:30, when a police patrol tried to stop a VAZ-21010. The car did not

stop, and its passengers opened fire.