traffic police officers were killed after unidentified attackers opened fire on them in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan that borders Chechnya, RIA Novosti reported. The incident occurred on the Kavkaz federal highway near the village of Inchkhe, some 70 km from the republic’s capital, Makhachkala. The attackers managed to escape from the scene of the shooting. A special operation named Perekhvat (Interception) has been launched in the republic to detain the gunmen.