13:28, 13 July 2021

On July 5-11, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

A law enforcer in the streets of Grozny. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

During the week from July 5 to July 11, 2021, at least one person perished during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

On July 9, in Grozny, at the entrance to the Visaitovsky (formerly Staropromyslovsky) District, a man attacked policemen with a knife. The police used their service weapons, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

The attacker, a resident of Grozny born in 1993, was wounded and later died in hospital. The policemen did not suffer.

This attack on policemen was the second armed incident in Chechnya since the start of 2021.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 12, 2021 at 03:21 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.