This is stated in a message on the website of the Investigative Committee for the region.

It is noted that on July 28, not far from the federal highway "Kavkaz", unknown persons fired a firearm at a 32-year-old officer of the Russian Guard, who died on the spot.

“A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of crimes provided for in Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Russia,” the text says.

It is clarified that the attackers fled after they stole the service weapon of the victim.

Earlier it became known that a private security officer was found dead in a car not far from the Kavkaz highway in Ingushetia.