Unidentified persons killed a traffic police lieutenant in Dagestan's Makhachkala overnight to Tuesday. "The incident occurred at 00.15 Moscow time at the southern traffic police checkpoint at Makhachkala's gates," Itar-Tass quoted the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry for Dagestan as saying. According to the press service, "unidentified persons made several shots at the lieutenant from a long distance. The lieutenant died from wounds on the way to hospital." The criminals are being searched for. Criminal proceedings were instituted.