One person was killed in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Monday when unknown assailants opened fire on a car driven by a police officer, Ingush police said.

The attack took place in the republic's largest city of Nazran at "around 8.50 a.m. [5.50 GMT], when unknown assailants armed with automatic weapons attacked a VAZ-2115 car," the spokesman said.

The police officer behind the wheel was severely wounded in the attack and a woman identified only as "his relative" was killed.

An investigation is ongoing.

Attacks on troops, police and other officials have been reported almost daily in Ingushetia and Russia's other North Caucasus republics in recent months.

On August 17, Ingushetia was rocked by a suicide bombing which killed at least 20 people and injured 260 people. In June, Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov survived a car bomb attack on his motorcade.

ROSTOV ON DON, November 24 (RIA Novosti)