In Dagestan, an elderly man opened fire on fishermen who were angling in what he claimed as an illegal pond, a report from a local Telegram channel has noted. The incident unfolded in a rural setting where tensions over land and water use have long simmered below the surface. Neighbors described a scene that began with a routine fishing trip turning urgent when the gunman confronted the group and asserted ownership of the waters. The mobile phone footage and subsequent police briefing suggested that a dispute over a fenced piece of land and a makeshift water body had escalated quickly, driving the confrontation from a heated argument to a life-threatening moment. Law enforcement later confirmed that the pond had no legal sanction to operate as a private fishing site, and the owner’s actions prompted immediate scrutiny from authorities, who moved to secure the area and de-escalate the situation. In the days that followed, investigators took custody of the firearm and conducted interviews with witnesses to establish the sequence of events and the legality of the pond in question, as residents weighed the implications of apparent land seizures and unauthorized water works in the region.
