MAKHACHKALA, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Gunmen attacked a police post in Dagestan's second city overnight, injuring two civilians, the southern Russian republic's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
The attack occurred in the Caspian city of Derbent, when gunmen in a car opened fire with automatic weapons.
"No police officers were hurt, but two civilians were injured," a ministry statement said.
Dagestan, which neighbors Chechnya, has seen an upsurge in militant violence in recent months, with attacks on police and federal forces a regular occurrence.
Eleven people were killed during an attack on a police post and nearby health center in the Caspian Sea town of Buinaksk last month. In June, Dagestan's interior minister was assassinated at a wedding reception.