Shooting in a city of the Russian Caucasus, men armed in a school
VLADIKAVKAZ (Russia) - shootings and explosions were heard Thursday morning in Naltchik, the capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkarie, where armed men would have entered a primary school, according to a witness questioned by telephone by AFP since Vladikavkaz.
The witness, a civil servant of the city, saw several children in tears fleeing of the school n°5. An old young girl of approximately seven years said to him that armed men had entered the school and that a shooting had burst there.
The center of Naltchik was encircled by the police force and of the cars provided with loudspeakers invited the inhabitants to evacuate the district, declared a person in charge for the regional administration, under cover of anonymity.
The school is behind a police station, from where a smoke of fire rose.
According to the Interfax agency quoting of the police sources, of the armed men the police station and several other buildings attacked. And of the engagements were held in several districts of the city.
Rebels attack police HQ in Russia province-reports
MOSCOW, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked the police headquarters and other government buildings in a Russian province near rebel Chechnya region on Thursday and a battle was raging in the town, news agencies reported.
The attacks were launched in Nalchik, main city of the Kabardino-Balkaria region, and fighting was going on in several parts of the town, Interfax reported, quoting local police.
DAMN Hal I just surf Interfax wire I hear about HQ of the cops I didn't hear about school attack WHOA I hope we don't had reset on Beslan school attack