5 Nov 2014 10:08

Suspected militant killed in police operation in Kabardino-Balkaria

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Nov 5 (Interfax) - A militant has been reportedly killed in a private house in Chegem-2, Kabardino-Balkaria, the republican police told Interfax.

"Reportedly, two militants were trapped in a private house in Chegem-2 on Tuesday. A counterterrorism operation regime was put into place for their neutralization. According to tentative information, the militants refused to lay down arms and opened gunfire. One militant was reportedly killed in a shootout," the source said.

He said the killed militant had been identified. "The operation was suspended until morning when the house would be examined more thoroughly," he said.