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| Men armed with axes, guns attack police station near Moscow, 2 officers injured - officials | Men armed with axes, guns attack police station near Moscow, 2 officers injured - officials |
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| Two men armed with axes and guns have launched an attack on a traffic police station in Moscow region, injuring at least two officers, security officials said. The attackers were killed in a standoff. | |
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| The incident took place east of the capital at a traffic police station on the busy Schelkovskoe Highway. | |
| Police officers had stopped a suspicious vehicle to check documents, before the men in the car launched the attack, Interfax reported. | Police officers had stopped a suspicious vehicle to check documents, before the men in the car launched the attack, Interfax reported. |
| “As a result two police officers have been injured, one of them is in a serious condition,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement. | |
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| “One of the attackers was killed by police during the assault, the other [was killed] while trying to resist detention.” | |
| Investigators are currently trying to establish the motives behind the attack, the committee added. | |
| According to Interfax sources, the attackers were residents of the North Caucasus region. | |
| “We are investigating various versions [of the attack] – from the attempt to seize weapons from police officers to a personal row,” the source added. |