Two traffic policemen have been killed by unidentified gunmen in the city of Nazran in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia.
According to Makkah Dzaurova, a local RIA Novosti journalist, a traffic patrol was following a suspicious Mercedes and blocked it near a local market. When police officers attempted to approach the car, Muslim Yangiev and Zurab Zukoev were shot dead by the criminals. The other officers failed to return fire due to a large crowd nearby and the Mercedes managed to escape. A search is now taking place to find the car.