List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2017

  • 21 January – Two militants were killed in an operation by the Russian security forces at the Vpered settlement, Kizlyar District, in Dagestan.[1]
  • 30 January – At least two police officers and three suspected militants were killed during a gunfight in Shali, Chechnya.[2]
  • 5 March – A group allegedly linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was rounded up by the Russian forces in Derbent, Dagestan; one militant was killed in a shootout.[3]
  • 24 March – At least six Russian soldiers and six attackers were killed in the insurgents' attack on a Russian National Guard base at the village of Naurskaya, northwest of Grozny, in Chechnya. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[4]
  • 3 April –
  • 8 April – Two traffic policemen were killed after their vehicle came under fire from Islamic militants in Ingushetia, North Caucasus.[12]
  • 10 April – About 20 citizens from the Caucasian Republic shot at a gas station by the M4 Don motorway. According to unconfirmed information, one person was killed and two others wounded.[13]
  • 12 May – One police officer was injured in shooting near police station in Ingushetia. Two attackers were killed during the shootout.[14] ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.[15]
  • 18 May – Four suspected militants, including a leader of the "Kadar" insurgency group, were killed during shootout with police in the Buynaksky District, Dagestan. Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were found on premises during a police raid.[16]
  • 28 August – Two Islamists attacked police officers with knives at the gas station in Kaspiysk. One policeman was killed, another was wounded. Both militants were shot dead.[17]
  • 28 August – Two militants were killed in an anti-terrorism operation on the outskirts of the Khasavyurt city. Two police officers also died from injuries received during the skirmish.[18]
  • 5 November – A police officer was killed and also two attackers in a shooting during a police control. One of the attackers tried to make a suicide attack but he was shot dead by the security forces.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Two militants were killed in a counter-terrorist operation in the Kizlyar region of the Russia's republic of Dagestan, according to the National Antiterrorism Committee". Sputnik. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Two Police Officers, Three Alleged Militants Killed In Chechnya". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Russian police and security forces in the Dagestan region busted a criminal ring suspected of having ties with Daesh terrorist group, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said Sunday". Sputnik. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Russian soldiers killed in 'Islamic State'-claimed attack in Chechnya". Deutsche Welle. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Two policemen killed in Astrakhan by group of radical Wahhabi Islamists – governor". Interfax. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Opferzahl nach Anschlag auf Sankt Petersburger U-Bahn wächst auf 15". RT (in German). Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  7. ↑ "Alleged AQ-Linked Group Claims St. Petersburg Metro Bombing". SITE Intelligence Group. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  8. ↑ ""Интерфакс": теракт в Петербурге совершил смертник, его личность установлена". meduza.io (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  9. ↑ "St. Petersburg metro explosion: 10 dead in Russia blasts". CNN. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  10. ↑ "В петербургской больнице скончались двое пострадавших при взрыве в метро". ria.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  11. ↑ "Death toll from St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack rises to 15". TASS.
  12. ↑ "Two Policemen Killed In Russia's Volatile North Caucasus". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Tankstelle bei Moskau beschossen". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "В Ингушетии боевики напали на пост ДПС" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  15. ↑ "IS' 'AMAQ REPORTS ATTACK ON INGUSHETIA POLICE CHECKPOINT CARRIED OUT BY "FIGHTERS FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE"". Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  16. ↑ "Four alleged militants killed in Daghestan". Open Caucasus Media. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Возбуждено дело по факту вооруженного нападения на полицейских в Дагестане". August 28, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Two militants killed in police operation in Russia's Dagestan: anti-terrorism committee - Xinhua - English.news.cn". news.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Traffic police checkpoint has been attacked in Ingushetia". Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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