Russian authorities killed five suspected rebels in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan who opened fire on police as they attempted to stop their car, officials said on Wednesday.
The latest skirmish between authorities and militants took place during an attempted identity check late Tuesday in the town of Khasavyurt near Chechnya, the site of two bloody wars with separatists in the 1990s.
"Five members of an illegal armed group have been eliminated by return fire," the regional interior ministry said in a statement. Three automatic rifles and ammunition were found in the car during a search, it said.
Dagestan is part of Russia's volatile North Caucasus region where shootings and bomb attacks are nearly a daily occurrence.
Source: Al Manar
The latest skirmish between authorities and militants took place during an attempted identity check late Tuesday in the town of Khasavyurt near Chechnya, the site of two bloody wars with separatists in the 1990s.
"Five members of an illegal armed group have been eliminated by return fire," the regional interior ministry said in a statement. Three automatic rifles and ammunition were found in the car during a search, it said.
Dagestan is part of Russia's volatile North Caucasus region where shootings and bomb attacks are nearly a daily occurrence.
Source: Al Manar
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