At least three suspected militants killed in KBR

In the Baksan District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), the power agents discovered a base with militants, who opened fire and were killed. The area is under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime.

The CTO regime was introduced by Colonel Oleg Usov, the Head of the Department for the KBR of the Russian Federal Security Bureau (FSB) at 4:30 a.m. Moscow time in the area between the city of Baksan and the village of Dugulubgey.

According to a source from law enforcement bodies of the district, during the armed clash three members of the armed underground were killed.

The source has added that, according to preliminary information, up to five militants could be hiding in the base; and during the armed clash some of them could escape.

A source from the law enforcement bodies of the KBR, who is quoted by the RIA "Novosti", said that one of those killed, according to preliminary information, had been on the wanted list.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.