On October 18, Azerbaijan celebrates the Day of the Restoration of Independence. It was on this date in 1991 that the republic’s Supreme Soviet adopted a Constitutional Act, formalizing the country’s departure from the Soviet system and the restoration of its state sovereignty.
Four residents of Karachay-Cherkessia are wanted on suspicion of attacking police officers. The personnel of the Internal Affairs Directorate has been raised, patrols at exits from the republic have been strengthened, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic reported.
The attack occurred late in the evening of April 21 in the Nizhny Rynok area in Karachaevsk. Unknown people shot the security forces and stole their service weapons. Among the suspects are Marat Bytdaev and Ruslan Semenov, who could have escaped in a car.
The regional department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under articles of encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer, illegal carrying and storage of weapons and ammunition.