The situation in Chechnya, where a series of attacks on policemen has taken place today, is stable. The head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov wrote about this in his Telegram-channel on Monday, August 20. According to him, a group of young citizens tried to commit "resonant crimes" on the eve of the Muslim holiday, beginning on Wednesday evening. "There is no doubt that the task was to overshadow the holiday, cause a great public response, to put residents of Chechnya to carry out activities related to the Kurban-Bairam. The most important goal is to create the appearance of any forces capable of organizing armed actions and terrorist acts, "Kadyrov wrote.. However, he stressed, thanks to the vigilance of the police, all these attempts are thwarted, and the bandits are neutralized. According to him, one of the attackers, who committed a self-explosion, survived and was taken to the hospital. "The situation in Grozny and Chechnya is absolutely calm, stable and there are no prerequisites for the complication. Law enforcement officers are vigilant in the usual way and are ready to immediately call to order anyone who will come to mind to encroach on the security of citizens, "said the head of the republic. Kadyrov believes that "the brains of young people have been grinded by social networks different there iblisovtsy". So the head of the republic calls the terrorist organization "Islamic State" banned in Russia,. In his opinion, in Chechnya these bandits have no support. During the attacks, two police officers were injured in Shali, and injuries were received by DPS officers in Grozny. Kadyrov promised to instruct the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Chechen Republic to provide the victims with all the necessary assistance and "to resolve the issue of their encouragement". On Monday morning, two unidentified men with knives attempted to enter the territory of the OMVD in the Shali district of Chechnya, the press service of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result, two policemen received injuries. The attackers were destroyed. The source of RIA Novosti in law enforcement agencies said that during the attack, a woman from civilians was injured. Today, there were two more emergency in Grozny. At the intersection of Pervomaiskaya and Isayeva streets there was shooting.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, one policeman died there, but this information was not confirmed in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As yet it is not known whether the criminals were eliminated or detained and their number. In addition, at the Lenta hypermarket at the intersection of Khankalskaya and Ioannisiani streets, a Mercedes without numbers tried to break through the checkpoint without inspection, followed by an explosion, after which the car drove to a police officer. Traditionally, the attack took on "IGIL", reports SITE with reference to the news agency Amaq.