Special forces officer killed in Caucasus shootout
A special forces officer was killed and two other officers wounded during a shootout with suspected terrorists militants near Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.
A police spokesman said the “bandits” had been holed up in a house in the village of Semender since Wednesday, and started shooting after five women and a child left the building.
The counterterrorism operation in Semender began early on Wednesday, after security forces entered the village to search for a suspected member of an illegal armed group.
Posted by: ryuge 2013-03-23 |