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| Man in niqab who shot at police officers sought in Dagestan |
| 2024-08-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A man who fired at police officers during a document check is being sought in Dagestan,republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on August 9. “We are searching for 41-year-old Demilkhanov Ali Sharpudievich, a native of the village of Novaya Zhizn, Shali district of the Chechen Republic,” the statement says. On the Khasavyurt-Tlokh highway, while attempting to check the documents for a VAZ 111 730 vehicle, the suspect fired a firearm at police officers. As a result, two law enforcement officers were hospitalized. The department added that the suspect was wearing women's loose, dark-colored clothing and a niqab. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 29, the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, stated that wearing niqabs in Russia should be banned. Before that, in May, presidential adviser and chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Valery Fadeyev, proposed banning the niqab in Russia. He explained that banning the niqab is necessary to reduce the risk of extremism. In April, criminals in Karachay-Cherkessia carried out a brutal attack on a rapid response team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result, two law enforcement officers were killed and another was wounded. A "Siren" plan was introduced in the region for shootings. In April, a drug courier attacked police officers in the Moscow region. Law enforcement officers discovered a hiding place and set up an ambush. During an attempt to detain him, the criminal opened fire, hitting both police officers. One of them died. |
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