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On a quiet evening in early September, 2013, two patrol officers manning a checkpoint on the outskirts of Aksai, in Russia's

Rostov Oblast, flagged down a scooter with two riders, a man and a woman. There was nothing

suspicious about the couple at first glance, but his officer Ivan Chakavoie approached to check

their documents, the male rider reached inside of his jacket,

pulled out a handgun, and fired. The first bullet struck Shakovai in the head.

His partner, Alex Salagoda, was shot in the chest, but managed to send out a distress call

before collapsing. Reinforcements arrived minutes later, only to find themselves in the middle of a

gunfight. The male assailant was killed on the spot. The woman, critically injured, was arrested.

Inside her coat pocket, investigators would later find a loaded pistol and a map of the region,

marked in several places.

Still, the true horror of what they had uncovered lay not in her belongings, but in what she led them to. A remote campsite tucked away in the woods. There, among camouflaged tents

and campfire ashes, officers discovered a chilling cachet, automatic weapons, homemade silencers,

hand grenades, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and dozens of stolen items.

They also found two more people, a woman in her 40s, and a girl no older than 13, both

standing guard over the weapons.

The girl stared blankly, offering no resistance.

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