MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - One police officer was killed and another wounded in a car chase in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan on Monday, a police spokesman said.
The incident occurred in the village of Alburikent, northern Daghestan, when the driver refused to obey a police patrol demand to pull over.
During the pursuit that followed, the suspected militants fired at the police car and managed to escape.
On Sunday, police officers opened fire on another car that refused to stop, killing an employee from the Mayor's Office of Khasavyurt, a town in central Daghestan. Two more passengers were wounded in the incident.