Law enforcers report on involvement of militants blocked at Kasumkent in explosion at Djemikent checkpoint

The information is reported about the number of suspected militants involved in a shootout with law enforcers in the Suleiman-Stalsky District. According to some sources, there were five suspected militants, and according to other sources three. They are involved in a number of resonant crimes, including the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement bodies.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime has been introduced in the Suleiman-Stalsky District. This morning, law enforcers entered a shootout with unidentified persons who opened fire on them from a dugout in the vicinity of the village of Kasumkent.

The law enforcers have blocked five militants in one of the houses, the "Novoe Delo" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement bodies.

According to the source, the blocked suspected militants were involved in the explosion at the Djemikent checkpoint, the murder of a district police inspector and a cashier in the village of Ashaga-Stal, the extortion of money, and the arson of the Museum of Suleiman-Stalsky and houses belonging to policemen.

According to the preliminary information, there are three of militants, and they are "heavily armed and render resistance to law enforcers," the "Interfax-South" reports with reference to a source from the law enforcement bodies.

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