Police officer kills wife and daughter with grenade and automatic fire in Dagestan

A traffic police officer tossed grenades and opened fire with a rifle at his home during a family quarrel, killing his wife and daughter before his son-in-law shot him dead, law enforcement authorities in southern Russia's Dagestan region said Monday.

Photo: Police officer kills wife and daughter with grenade and automatic fire in Dagestan

Police officer kills wife and daughter with grenade and automatic fire in Dagestan

Police Lt. Col. Abdulla Abdullayev, a former chief of traffic police in the regional capital Makhachkala, threw two grenades into a room and then fired shots with a hunting rifle late Sunday, city police headquarters chief Shamil Guseynov said.

Abdullayev's wife and an adult daughter were killed. His son, another daughter and his son-in-law were injured, he said.

The son-in-law, also a police officer, fatally shot him with his service pistol, Guseynov said, reports AP.

Police said the attack resulted from a family argument, but they did not say what it was about.