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| Two Suspected Terrorists Killed in Russian City | |
| 2016-10-24 | |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Russian security forces have rubbed out two people suspected of "terrorism" in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing law enforcement sources. "Two members of an illegal armed gang have been liquidated in a special operation," TASS state news agency quoted a source saying, while a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti: "They have rubbed out two (people) suspected of terrorism." There was no immediate official confirmation of the reports. The regional branch of the FSB security service told Interfax news agency that "until urgent investigative steps are finished, we will not comment. Later we plan an official blurb." Local media posted photographs from social networking sites apparently showing two bodies lying on the ground close to a car with doors open, as vehicles and security officers block the nearby road in a suburb of the sprawling industrial city on the Volga. A local resident told Interfax that he heard shots in the morning between 8 and 9 am and security forces told people living in the residential area not to leave their homes.
The reports on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? and state news agencies RIA Novosti and Tass said the shooting started Sunday afternoon when police stopped a suspicious vehicle in Nizhny Novgorod, a city 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow. The suspects opened fire and police shot back, the reports said. The bomb allegedly found in the suspects' car exploded by a robot. Two police suffered concussions in the kaboom, the reports said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |