26 Jun 2014 11:35

NAC: two militants neutralized in Dagestan

MOSCOW. June 26 (Interfax) - The Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) has announced that two militants were neutralized in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus.

NAC said in a press release, seen by Interfax on Thursday, that Malik Ulubekov, a member of a militant group active in Dagestan's town of Sogratli, was killed in a shootout with police in Derbent, while gang leader Makhach Taimudarov was neutralized as he attempted to break through a security force cordon in Makhachkala.