Suspected Militant Killed in North Caucasus - Police

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Law enforcement officers early on Thursday killed a suspected militant in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan

MAKHACHKALA, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Law enforcement officers early on Thursday killed a suspected militant in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry’s department in the Russian North Caucasus republic said.

“Officers were conducting an operation to block a house with a suspected militant inside,” the spokesman said.

“The suspect opened fire and tried to break the police cordon. He was killed in the shootout,” he said, adding that one law enforcement officer was wounded.

An investigation is underway.

Dagestan, a predominantly Islamic republic, is home to a low-level insurgency that regularly targets local officials and security forces.

 

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