ORENBURG, April 16. /TASS/. One policeman was killed and three others injured after a man opened fire on authorities in the Orenburg Region as they were executing a federal arrest warrant on him, the Interior Ministry said.
TASS has compiled the key facts about the incident.
Circumstances
– According to the Interior Ministry, the police officers went to the village of Akkermanovka to arrest a man on the federal wanted list.
– The man opened fire when seeing the police.
– The man escaped.
Dead and injured
– According to the latest information, one policeman was killed and three were injured.
– The victims were provided with medical assistance.
– Four ambulance crews are working on the site, a Health Ministry official told TASS.
– The police officers injured in the shooting are in serious but stable condition, the agency said.
– They will live.
Investigation and response
– An active search is underway to find and arrest of the attacker, the Interior Ministry said.
– The criminal may be armed with automatic firearms, it added.
– The man drove a truck.
