Shchelkovo Highway police station attack

2016 Shchelkovo Highway police station attack
Part of Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe
Shchelkovo Highway
Location	Balashikha, Shchelkovskoye highway, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Date	17 August 2016 (UTC+03:00)
Target	Traffic police officers
Weapons	Guns and axes
Deaths	1 (+ 2 attackers)
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Uthman Mardalov and Salim Israilov
Motive	Islamic extremism

On 17 August 2016, two armed men with axes and firearms attacked the traffic police station on Shchelkovskoye highway near Moscow. Both the attackers were shot dead by police.