Police officer killed in Dagestan hospital attack

A Russian police officer has been shot dead in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala.

It is reported that earlier in the day a Russian patrol vehicle was damaged in a bomb attack. Later in a the day, a Police officer was admitted to hospital with a broken arm. It is unclear whether the officer had been injured in the earlier bomb blast.

While only a small number of details are known it is understood that the officer was gunned down while in the hospital in Khasavyurt. The attack came only hours after another police officer was shot dead in neighbouring Grozny.