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Three federal officers wounded in North Caucasus shootout

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Three Federal Security Service (FSB) personnel were injured and a militant killed, after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle during a document check in the North Caucasus, a local police source said Friday.
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - Three Federal Security Service (FSB) personnel were injured and a militant killed, after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle during a document check in the North Caucasus, a local police source said Friday.

"In the village Khasanya... the driver of an Audi opened fire during a document check. In the resulting exchange three FSB officers were wounded and hospitalized," the source said.

Police returned fire killing the attacker, and the vehicle exploded when an unidentified device ignited, adding that two automatic weapons were recovered from the scene.

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