13 Sep 2012 14:11

Security forces clash with gunmen in Dagestan

MOSCOW. Sept 13 (Interfax) - Security forces have come into an armed clash with a group of gunmen in the Kizlyar district of Dagestan, a law enforcement source told Interfax.

"Interior forces were conducting a reconnaissance operation in a forest near the village of Shaulyan at about 1:30 p.m. Moscow time. They were confronted with a group of members of illegal armed units," the source said.

The gunmen are being chased now, and no information on possible casualties is so far available, he said.