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| Two terrorists, one police officer killed in Nalchik |
| 2012-10-13 |
| Police in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria killed two gunmen on Friday after a siege in a house. A police source said, "Two militants were shot dead during a special operation, according to preliminary information." The incident occured around 11 a.m. in the republic's capital, Nalchik, when police stopped two suspects for an ID check. The two opened fire on police, seriously injuring one officer who later died in hospital. The suspects then fled the scene, barricaded themselves in a house on Lenin street, and began exchanging fire with the police. The chief of the town of Khasavyurt in the neighboring republic of Dagestan narrowly missed being assassinated on Friday when a bomb went off as his car passed by. Local investigators said, "The explosion happened as one of the cars in Sayid UmakhanovÂ’s cortege went by. No one was hurt. Investigators have classified the blast as a crime." |
| Posted by:ryuge |