The 2025 Makhachkala clash was a spontaneous clash between Dagestani militants and the local police upon a routine stopShootout in Dagestan Leaves 3 Police Officers and 2 Gunmen Dead, The Moscow Times , 5 May 2025. Accessed 6 May 2025. conducted by traffic police, leaving several police officers and militants dead.
Timeline On the afternoon of 5 May, local traffic police conducted a stop of a vehicle driven by armed militants, who began firing at the officers. Over the course of an extended shootout, 3 officers and a militant were killed, and several more, including civilians, were injured. Some of the assailants are reported to have successfully fled by vehicle, prompting a manhunt, while 2 others were injured and detained thereafter.
In the aftermath of the shootout, 2 police officers, and 3 civilians, including a 17-year old girl were brought into a local hospital for treatment. The injured militants were also brought there, and one of them later succumbed to their injuries.
Due to no group claiming responsibility and the successful escape of several of the militants, it is yet to be known if the militants had any affiliations to active Islamist groups in the region or were acting on their own.
See also 2024 Dagestan attacks
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