Russian soldier killed in armed attack in Dagestan

Makhachkala, June 9 (Itar-Tass) -- Unidentified gunmen committed an armed attack on Russian servicemen in the Dagestani city of Khasavyurt in the small hours on Monday. Private Yuri Antonov, 21, was killed on the spot, another soldier Stepan Dudnik, 22, was brought with injuries to the Khasavyurt hospital. "The incident occurred right after midnight Moscow time not far from the city railway station," a duty officer of the Khasavyurt city police department told Itar-Tass on Monday. Unidentified gunmen driving a Zhiguli without the number plate opened the automatic fire at a group of Russian servicemen, who were dispatched by train from Chechnya.The interception plan was announced in the city, but it did not yield any results. A criminal case was instituted for the armed attack on servicemen. - end.