 (RIA Novosti) - A militant has been killed in a firefight with federal forces in central Chechnya, the North Caucasus counterterrorist operation headquarters said Friday. "On Thursday, at 2:30 p.m. Moscow time (10:30 a.m. GMT), a unit of Russian Interior Troops conducting a reconnaissance operation near the village of Agishty [the Shalinksy district], engaged an eight-member illegal armed group," a source at the headquarters said. "One gunman was killed in the exchange. His identity is being established." He said there were no losses among federal servicemen. A manhunt has been launched for the other militants. |