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ISIS Claims Knife Attack in Capital of Russia’s Southern Chechnya

Chechen special forces guard a road in Grozny February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
Chechen special forces guard a road in Grozny February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
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ISIS Claims Knife Attack in Capital of Russia’s Southern Chechnya

Chechen special forces guard a road in Grozny February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
Chechen special forces guard a road in Grozny February 19, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a knife attack on police on Monday in the capital of Russia’s southern Chechnya region, Al-Naba newspaper affiliated with the group said on Friday.

It made the claim without providing any evidence, according to Reuters.

Two assailants killed one policeman and injured another on Monday in Grozny, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said.

The region has seen previous attacks on security officials and an insurgency since Moscow fought two wars with separatists after the 1991 Soviet Union breakup.

Kadyrov said the attackers were brothers from the neighboring region of Ingushetia who worked at a bakery in Chechnya.

They were shot dead while trying to seize weapons, he said.

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First International Airline Lands at Tehran Airport since Flight Suspension

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Reuters file photo of an IranAir plane
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First International Airline Lands at Tehran Airport since Flight Suspension

Reuters file photo of an IranAir plane
Reuters file photo of an IranAir plane

FlyDubai became the first international carrier to land at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport on Friday at the end of a 20-day suspension of flights that was imposed due to Israeli attacks on Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The arrival of Flight FZ1930 at Iran's biggest airport from the airline's base in the United Arab Emirates marked the start of a gradual return to normal operations in Iranian airspace, IRNA said.

FlyDubai is a low-cost carrier and a sister airline to Emirates.

Local authorities described the landing as a sign of restored stability and effective crisis management in the country's aviation sector, Reuters said. Passenger services were carried out under full safety and security protocols, IRNA reported.

International and domestic air traffic had been halted following Israeli airstrikes and heightened security concerns across Iranian skies.

Iran's airports have reopened for domestic and international flights, except for those in the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, and the country's airspace is also open for international transit flights, state media reported.