One dead after gunman opens fire on tourist group in Dagestan, Russia

[snoop1130]

One dead after gunman opens fire on tourist group in Dagestan, Russia
Euronews

RUSSIA -- At least one person has been killed and 11 people injured following a gun attack on tourists in Dagestan, southern Russia.

According to the region’s health ministry, a gunman opened fire on a group visiting an historic fortress in Derbent.

The RIA Novosti news agency quoted a health official as saying:

“As a result of a gun attack, 12 people were hurt, one of whom died.”

Four of the wounded are said to be in a serious condition.

Interfax news agency says the group consisted of local residents, and two border guards. An unidentified gunman fired at them from a nearby forest, killing one of the guards, according to reports.

The attacker is on the run.

Source: http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/30/russia-one-dead-and-11-wounded-in-a-tourist-resort-in-dagestan/

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-30-12

[Credo]

I think Russia will be seeing a lot more of these shootings.

[Richard W]

At least one person has been killed and 11 people injured following a gun attack on tourists in Dagestan, southern Russia.

So not a mass shooting, then.

[webfact]

Russia: Manhunt underway after deadly gun attack on sightseers



MOSCOW: -- An historic fortress in southern Russia was the scene of a deadly shooting targeting sightseers on Tuesday evening.

Who was behind the bloodshed is unclear.

It happened in the ancient city of Derbent in Dagestan, a mostly-Muslim republic in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region, where Moscow has been fighting Islamist insurgents for years.

The Interfax news agency says the tourists were local residents visiting a viewing platform at the Unesco World Heritage site when shots were fired from a nearby forest.

The party included two border guards, one of whom died, Interfax reported. At least 11 other people were injured.

A manhunt is now underway for the attackers who fled the scene.

Russia is struggling to quell a simmering Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, where some rebels have sworn allegiance to the group calling itself Islamic State.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-31

[Ulic]

I think Russia will be seeing a lot more of these shootings.

And they will be handling them as quickly and as efficiently as anybody.