24 September 2010, 18:00

Four people killed during a special operation in Dagestan

The active stage of a special operation in the village of Kirovaul, Kizyl-Yurt district of Dagestan, where a group of armed people was blocked in a private house has been accomplished. According to preliminary information reported by our source in law enforcement bodies of the republic, four gunmen were killed, a woman among them. 

"Caucasian Knot" has already reported that the special operation in the village of Kirovaul, Kizyl-Yurt district of Dagestan, started in the evening of September, 23.

"A so-called "shakhid belt" detonated on the woman's body. The house where the gunmen had taken shelter burned down. Clearing the blockage will be started at dawn", "Interfax" quotes the information from a source in law enforcement agencies.

In the Ministry of Interior Affairs we were told that one of the men had been preliminarily identified. According to the information from law enforcement structures, he had been a member of a local subversive terrorist group. Arms and a lot of ammunition have also been discovered in the house, RIA "Novosti" reports.

According to security agencies, during two special operations on September, 12, in Dagestan thirteen people involved in armed underground were killed, two militia officers also perished.

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