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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Three terrorists killed in Dagestan
2013-11-28
A suspected terrorist militant killed in the Russian republic of Dagestan on Tuesday has been identified as a local gang leader.

RussiaÂ’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said three terrorists militants were killed in a counter-terrorism operation on the outskirts of Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. One of them was identified as Gasan Abatayev, leader of a local terrorist militant group. The other two were identified as active members of his group.

The gang is suspected of committing many crimes, including extortion, bombings and assassination attempts on law-enforcement and justice officials. The NAK said the group is suspected of organizing the murder of senior penitentiary official Rovshan Lukmanov. His body was found with about 20 gunshot wounds at his home outside Makhachkala in mid-August.

In a separate development, two suspected terrorists militants were killed in an ongoing counter-terrorism operation in another regional republic, Ingushetia. One law enforcement officer was wounded. One of the suspects killed in that operation, identified as Murad Pliyev, was a gang leader and an explosives specialist, the NAK said.

The NAK statement also said police seized a suicide belt, two improvised explosive devices, four assault rifles and a machine gun, as well as a grenade launcher, an assortment of grenades and some 7,000 rounds of ammunition at the house where the suspected terrorists militants were killed.
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