List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2017

  • 21 January – Two militants were killed in an operation by the Russian security forces at the Vpered settlement, Kizlyar District, in Dagestan.[citation needed]
  • 30 January – At least two police officers and three suspected militants were killed during a gunfight in Shali, Chechnya.[1]
  • 5 March – A group allegedly linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was rounded up by the Russian forces in Derbent, Dagestan; one militant was killed in a shootout.[citation needed]
  • 24 March – At least six Russian soldiers and six attackers were killed in the insurgents' attack on a Russian National Guard base at the village of Naurskaya, northwest of Grozny, in Chechnya. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]
  • 3 April –
  • 8 April – Two traffic policemen were killed after their vehicle came under fire from Islamic militants in Ingushetia, North Caucasus.[9]
  • 10 April – About 20 citizens from the Caucasian Republic shot at a gas station by the M4 Don motorway.[citation needed]
  • 12 May – One police officer was injured in shooting near police station in Ingushetia. Two attackers were killed during the shootout.[10] ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.[11]
  • 18 May – Four suspected militants, including a leader of the "Kadar" insurgency group, were killed during shootout with police in the Buynaksky District, Dagestan. Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were found on premises during a police raid.[12]
  • 28 August – Two Islamists attacked police officers with knives at the gas station in Kaspiysk. One policeman was killed, another was wounded. Both militants were shot dead.[13]
  • 28 August – Two militants were killed in an anti-terrorism operation on the outskirts of the Khasavyurt city. Two police officers also died from injuries received during the skirmish.[14]
  • 5 November – A police officer was killed and also two attackers in a shooting during a police control. One of the attackers tried to make a suicide attack but he was shot dead by the security forces.[15]

See also

References

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  10. ^ "В Ингушетии боевики напали на пост ДПС" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  11. ^ "IS' 'AMAQ REPORTS ATTACK ON INGUSHETIA POLICE CHECKPOINT CARRIED OUT BY "FIGHTERS FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE"". Retrieved 2017-05-12.
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  13. ^ "Возбуждено дело по факту вооруженного нападения на полицейских в Дагестане". August 28, 2017.
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