A suspect in an attempted murder of police officers has been arrested in Dagestan.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala has arrested a Dagestani resident suspected of attempting to kill police officers in the village of Nizhny Dzhengutai in the Buinaksk District.

As reported by Kavkazsky Knot, the police officers wounded in the shootout in the village of Nizhny Dzhengutai are in stable condition, the Dagestan Ministry of Health reported on its Telegram channel on the evening of March 31. According to the department, the wounded are recovering.

According to investigators, on March 30, the suspect participated in a mass brawl that criminal investigation officers tried to prevent.

The man, refusing to comply with the police's demands, fired at least four shots from a traumatic firearm at them. As a result, two police officers were injured, and the suspect fled the scene of the crime, the united press service of the courts of Dagestan reported today on its Telegram channel.

"By court order, the man was remanded in custody for a period of two months - until May 31, 2026. The order has not entered into legal force and can be appealed," the press service said in a statement.

The suspect is accused of attempting to kill law enforcement officers 1 .

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that at the end of January, sources in law enforcement reported a shootout in which two unknown individuals were killed, allegedly opening Fire on law enforcement officers. This attack on security forces was the third since May 2025, when a high-casualty attack occurred in Makhachkala. Later, the FSB reported that the two militants killed in Dagestan were planning terrorist attacks on a railway line and a religious site.