 A Chechen Interior Ministry official has been detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack on the Sunzha district police headquarters, which took place in the early hours of Wednesday, the Russian Interior Ministry's Criminal Investigation Department told Interfax. The suspects were detained when policemen found the car from which fire had been opened at the police department building. A policeman and an acquaintance were seized inside the car, while a third passenger managed to escape. A Kalashnikov assault rifle, four anti-tank grenade launchers, a grenade and 450 cartridges were found with the suspects. Interior Ministry spokesman Boris Koshkin said five militants were killed and seven others detained in the fighting following the attack. The detainees are giving evidence, he said. |