Qatar- One Killed 11 Injured in Gun Attack in Southern Russia

12/31/2015 1:01:02 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Moscow December 30 (QNA) - One person was killed and 10 more injured in a shoot-out in Derbent in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan at night a source in law enforcement agencies told (TASS) on Wednesday.
"The incident took place on the observation platform of the Naryn-Kala fortress. Among those injured are both civilians and military.
Sixty-seven cartridges of various caliber were found at the site. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated" the source said.
According to investigators around 20 people gathered on the observation platform in Derbent on Tuesday. They arrived to the site in small groups with the aim of resting and observing the city. "Unidentified persons fired multiple shots from the pine forest nearby at people on the observation platform from automatic guns. The attackers fled the scene. As a result of the shooting 11 people sustained gunshot wound of varying severity and one of them later died" the spokesman of Investigative Committee's department in Dagestan said.
A criminal case has been launched into the incident. (QNA)

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