Six Makhachkala residents have been arrested in connection with a terrorist organization.

Six Dagestani residents have been detained and taken into custody in Makhachkala. Investigators believe they were planning attacks on police officers.

The criminal case against the six Dagestani residents is being investigated under articles on organizing a terrorist organization and preparing to assassinate security forces.

According to investigators, the suspects created a terrorist organization in Makhachkala no later than July 2025, planning terrorist attacks in Dagestan. Security forces believe they agreed to attack police officers but were detained before they could carry out their plan.

"All six suspects have been detained, and pretrial detention has been chosen as a preventive measure against them," the Investigative Committee of Dagestan announced today on its official Telegram channel. The agency's publication does not provide personal information about the suspects or information about their motives.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", on November 5, investigators reported the completion of their investigation into the attack on a traffic police post in Makhachkala, committed six months earlier, on May 5. According to the Investigative Committee, the attackers had been planning it for about six months.

Two police officers were killed in the shootout on May 5, two more security officers and three civilians were wounded. One of the attackers was killed, the second survived and subsequently pleaded guilty. On May 12, he was taken into custody on charges of attempted murder of law enforcement officers, theft of weapons, and car theft. According to unofficial reports, the attack involved Dagestan natives Akhmed Alimagomedov and Batal Magomedov, both born in 2000 and both of whom had not previously come to the attention of the security services.

The May attack on security forces in Makhachkala was at least the third armed incident in Dagestan in two months. Since May 2022, seven similar incidents have occurred in the republic: two were recorded in 2024, one each in May 2023 and May 2022.