MOSCOW, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Three people, including two police officers, were wounded in a shootout in the village of Nizhny Dzheguntay in Russia's Dagestan region, the Dagestan Ministry of Health said Monday.
"All three victims have been saved. They sustained injuries of varying severity, but there is currently no threat to their lives. Two of the injured have undergone surgery and are receiving intensive care, while the third has been treated on an outpatient basis," the ministry said in a statement.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Dagestan, a brawl broke out among several individuals in the village at around 8:30 p.m. Moscow time (1730 GMT) on Monday.
Police officers from the Buynaksk District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan, who were passing by, stopped to assess the situation and attempted to defuse the conflict. At that moment, one of the participants opened fire, wounding two officers, the statement said.
The identity of the third injured person has not been disclosed.
The suspect, a 31-year-old man, has been detained. Law enforcement authorities are investigating the incident.
The shooting marks the second attack on police officers in Russia in the past 10 days. On March 20, a man opened fire on police officers in the Republic of Tuva, which borders Mongolia, and later attacked them with a knife after running out of ammunition. ■
