MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Over 150 active participants of the riots at Makhachkala airport have been identified, 60 of them have been detained, the Russian Interior Ministry reported.

"The employees of Dagestan’s Interior Ministry in cooperation with other law enforcement bodies managed to suppress these violations. At present, the airport is fully under the control of law enforcement bodies. More than 150 active participants of the riots have been identified, 60 of them have been detained and taken to local police departments for further investigation," the statement said.

According to the Interior Ministry, nine police officers were injured, two of them are in hospital. A source in the regional Health Ministry told TASS that these two police officers are in serious condition. ·"At present, five people, including four police officers, remain in hospitals after the unauthorized demonstration at Makhachkala airport. The condition of two police officers is assessed as serious, the others are in a fair condition," the source said.

On the evening of October 29, several hundred people gathered at the airport in the regional capital of Makhachkala to protest against the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The demonstrators broke through the airport fence and entered the runway and an airport building. An operational headquarters was set up, headed by Melikov. He said that the actions of those gathered at the airport were a gross violation of the law and would be duly assessed by law enforcement agencies.