one of them, lieutenant colonel anton valikov, died in the first minutes of the battle, and his colleagueas also mortally wounded. the police quickly got their bearings, returned fire, hit an improvised explosive device attached to one of the militants, it detonated, in general the gang did not have time to gain a foothold, having received a rebuff, it was destroyed in during the short battle, all five terrorists were killed on the spot. the investigation believes that these are the same people who were involved in the attack on police officers in karachaevsk on april 22. then the gang ambushed a police patrol, killing two officers and seriously wounding one. the militants took the employees' service weapons and disappeared. a criminal case has been opened for encroachment on the lives of police officers, as well as illegal guarding and carrying of weapons and ammunition. in a criminal case , investigators, criminologists of the investigative management has visited the scene of the incident and is in progress. during its inspection , items of evidentiary value in a criminal case are confi