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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Three terrorists killed in Dagestan
2013-02-18
Russian law enforcement officers have killed three suspected terrorists militants in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

The terrorists militants were spotted early on Sunday during a security operation in the woods near the village of Pokrovskoye in the Khasavyurt district in northern Dagestan.

The terrorists militants opened fire on the security officers “and were killed by retaliation fire. There are no casualties among the police."

In a separate episode, an unknown attacker opened fire on police officers in the Khasavyurt district on Saturday evening and was killed by return fire. One policeman was injured in the clash.

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said, “When police officers tried to stop a VAZ-2114 car for document check, a man inside the car fired at them. He was killed by return fire. One police officer has been hospitalized with wounds."
Posted by:ryuge

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