MAKHACHKALA, October 30. /TASS/. Dagestan’s Ministry of Health has not confirmed information about the death of a police officer injured during protests at the Makhachkala airport.

Earlier, social networks reported that a law enforcement officer died after he was hit in the temple by a stone during clashes at the airport.

"We do not confirm this information," the ministry's press service told TASS.

Several hundred people gathered at the Makhachkala airport on the evening of October 29 to protest against the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They broke into the airport’s building and landing area. The government of Dagestan reported that the situation was under control with law enforcement working at the site. A crisis management center, led by the republic’s head Sergey Melikov, was set up. Melikov slammed the actions by the protesters as a gross violation of law and warned about due consequences.