Two militants killed in Dagestan

In Suleiman-Stalsky District, an armed clash broke out between power agents and two militants, who were shot dead in the shootout, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has reported.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today at 7:00 a.m. Moscow time, the CTO regime was introduced in the Tabasaran, Suleiman-Stalsky and Khiv Districts of Dagestan. Power agents are searching for members of illegal armed formations (IAFs), said the spokesman of the republic's operative headquarters.

"To the north of the village of Nyutyug, Suleiman-Stalsky District, special units of Russia's FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) found two militants, who opened fire on law enforcers, when the latter tried to detain them. In the course of a brief battle, they were neutralized," said the NAC's spokesman.

According to the NAC, power agents found a submachine gun, a pistol and ammunition in the venue of the shootout. The NAC's operative headquarters is carrying out the identification of the bandits.

"There are no losses among law enforcers and victims among civilians," the "Interfax" quotes the NAC's spokesman as saying.

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