Three security officials were wounded on Wednesday in Dagestan during an attack on law enforcement officers, a regional law enforcement source said.
“An unidentified person opened fire on mobile squad of law enforcement officials from a forested area, as a result three officers were injured, two of them hospitalized,” the source said.
Attacks on police and authorities, which are blamed on Islamist militants and criminal groups, have been a frequent occurrence in Dagestan, one of Russia's poorest regions.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev highlighted security and economic problems in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus late last year and ordered measures to end militant violence, clan rivalries, and pervasive corruption in the region.
