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Eight Killed In Daghestan Shoot-Out

August 09, 2012

Officials say five policemen and three militants in a shoot-out with suspected armed militants in the Daghestan region in Russia's volatile North Caucasus.

Russian Investigative Committee officials said the police were attacked in Daghestan's Botlikh district when they arrived in the village of Chanko to check reports from local residents that a group of armed people had been spotted in a forest close to the village.

Daghestan's Interior Ministry has confirmed the information.

Violence between suspected Islamic militants and security forces in the North Caucasus region, which includes Daghestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Kabardino-Balkaria, leaves dozens of people dead and injured each year.

Based on reporting by Interfax and ITAR-TASS

ecoi.net description:: Republic of Daghestan, Botlikh district, village of Chanko: According to officials, 5 policemen and 3 militants have been killed in a shoot-out with suspected armed militants

Country:: Russian Federation
Source:: RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:: 9 August 2012
Original link:: http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-shoot-out/24671642.html
Document type:: Media Report
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1111658 (former ID 224143)