Russian Army posts attacked in Dagestan

A Russian Army post was attacked by suspected Dagestani rebels yesterday.

The incident happened at an Army checkpoint at the entrance to Khasavyurt. According to reports, two officers from the Ministry for Internal Affairs were wounded. It is understood that the gunmen made their getaway in a hijacked vehcile. In a follow up operation a homemade landmine was discovered around 100 metres from the post. The device contained 3kg of commerical explosive.

Earlier in the day one Police officer was wounded when a checkpoint in Kaspiisk was attacked by gunmen.

The attacks comes just days after the Chechen President said he believed that rebels had fled from the southern Chechen and Dagestani mountains.