Moscow, April 29: An attack on a police checkpoint in Russia's North Caucasus has left two officers and five gunmen dead, authorities said on Monday. The militants approached the post in the Karachay-Cherkessia region on Sunday night, leading to the deadly shoot-out, the region's Interior Ministry said. Moscow Concert Hall Shooting: Russia Arrests Another Suspect in the Concert Hall Attack That Killed 144

In addition, two police officers were killed, and four other officers were injured. The multi-ethnic region in the North Caucasus sees frequent bloody clashes between criminal gangs or militant Islamists and the security forces. Moscow Concert Hall Shooting: ISIS Claims Responsibility for Terror Attack at Entertainment Venue in Kransogorsk; US Claims of Warning Russia About Impending Attack

The authorities said that the same attackers who struck on Sunday were responsible for an attack on a police checkpoint that killed two officers on April 22. In the latest incident, they were also said to have had explosive devices on them.

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