A gunman was gunned down when he attacked a police station in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia on Wednesday. The gunman approached the Malokarachayevsky district police station in a car and later opened fire on policemen. Police returned fire, eliminating the attacker.The attacker was reportedly a member of the Uzdenov gang, which was neutralized in December, 2011 following a series of attacks against police in the republic and in the neighboring Stavropol region. The police station attacker is also suspected of killing another member of an illegal armed group and his neighbor earlier on Wednesday.