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| Two cops, fire chief killed in Dagestan |
| 2011-08-13 |
| Authorities in Dagestan say two police officers were killed by gunmen who attacked them during Friday prayers at a mosque. A fire chief was killed in a separate shooting. Vyacheslav Gasanov, a spokesman for the republic's Interior Ministry, said the two policemen were killed at a mosque in the town of Khasavyurt, near the border with Chechnya. He said the assailants drove up to the mosque as worshippers were leaving after prayers and opened fire. In the village of Kurush near Khasavyurt, the local fire chief died when shots were fired at his vehicle from a moving car early Saturday. |
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