Daesh Claims Responsibility for Attack on Russian Traffic Police

The terrorist group made the claim via the Amaq news agency, which it regularly uses to issue statements, and released a video in which the purported attackers said they wanted to take revenge for Russia killing Muslims in the Middle East.

Russia has been bombing terrorists in Syria since September last year, part of a military campaign in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Russian investigators said on Wednesday that two unidentified people armed with a firearm and two axes had attacked a traffic police post outside Moscow.

One of them was shot dead while attacking the post, while the other was killed when he tried to put up armed resistance, the Investigative Committee said in a statement, according to Reuters.

Two police officers were wounded in the attack, one seriously.