20 Nov 2012 11:36

Police unit commander killed in Dagestan shootout

MAKHACHKALA. Nov 20 (Interfax) - Dagestan's Interior Ministry has confirmed the neutralization of Gubden terrorist and sabotage group leader Taimas Taimasov during an armed clash, in which a special operations police unit commander, Vladimir Zolotukhin, was killed.

One soldier from Zolotukhin's unit was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds, a ministry spokesman told Interfax on Tuesday.