A series of coordinated attacks by militants in Chechnya

Chechnya sustained what appeared to be a series of coordinated attacks on August 20. At the time of this writing, the only confirmed attack was against a police station in the Shalinsky District by two men armed with knives, where two officers were reportedly injured, and the attackers were shot. An anonymous source also told the news agency RIA Novosti that a woman bystander was injured. A source told TASSthat one of the attackers was carrying an explosive. A suicide bomber also attacked traffic police officers in Mesker-Yurt (in the same Chechen district), reportedly failing to kill anyone, including himself.

According to unconfirmed reports by the Telegram channel Mash, there were also attacks in Grozny, where a militant was shot after hitting a traffic policeman with his car, and officers and militants shot at each other at the intersection between Pervyomaiskaya and Isaev streets, possibly killing one officer.

Sources told Interfax that there were four attackers in all. At least five police officers and two bystanders were injured in the attacks.