29 August 2009, 22:00
CTO regime lifted in Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria
As of 10:00 p.m. on August 29, the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime in Karagach village, Prokhladnenskiy District of Kabardino-Balkaria, introduced on August 28, was cancelled, as reported by the operative headquarters of the republic.
"In view of liquidation of threat to life, health, property and other interests, protected by the law, of the people, staying in the territory, where the CTO was conducted, a decision was made to cancel the regime," the "Interfax" quotes the headquarters' spokesman.
According to the message of the "Newsru.com" Agency, in the course of searching supposed militants, the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) found two dugouts with weapons and foodstuffs.
Some time earlier, the law enforcement bodies of Kabardino-Balkaria have relocated the forces involved in the operation of neutralizing militants from the Prokhladnenskiy District to the mountain Elborus one.