9 May 2013 11:30

One militant killed in special operation in Dagestan - source

MAKHACHKALA. May 9 (Interfax) - Preliminary findings indicate that a gunman was killed in a special operation in the village of Shamkhal-Yangiyurt in the Kumtorkala district of Dagestan, a local law enforcement source told Interfax.

Special forces blockaded an agricultural structure on the outskirts of the village, where a group of gunmen was supposedly hiding, at about 6:00 a.m., the source said.

"The gunmen are offering armed resistance; the battle is under way, and, according to preliminary information, one gunman has been killed," the source said.

Interfax has yet to obtain official confirmation of this report.

It was reported earlier that four other gunmen had been killed in the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan on Thursday.