19 August 2010, 11:00
Kabardino-Balkaria: unidentified persons open fire on group of tourists
Today at night, near Kendelen village, Elborus District of Kabardino-Balkaria, in a large forest, four unidentified persons in camouflage and masks came up to six tourists and opened fire from sub-machine guns.
As reported by the local MIA, two persons, including an employee of the patrol-sentry service, a local resident, were fatally wounded. The attackers roped the rest of the group and left in the two cars belonging to tourists.
According to the RIA "Novosti", the investigatory-operative group found ten different-calibre cartridge cases in the venue.