Document #1257024

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Three Police Killed, Six Wounded In Caucasus Clash

February 14, 2012
Three Russian police officers have been reported killed and six others injured in a gun battle with suspected Islamic militants along the Chechen-Daghestan border.
 
The Interfax news agency, citing a regional law enforcement official, reported that the fighting broke out after police discovered a group of insurgents in a forest on the evening of February 13.
 
Following the violence, government troops were reported to have moved into the area the next day to search for the militants.
 
Numerous Islamist and militant groups are believed to be active in the North Caucasus, and frequently clash with Russian government troops and law enforcement officers.
 
The violence on February 13 came the same day as a prominent mufti was reported killed in a car bombing in Pyatigorsk, the administrative center of Russia's North Caucasian Federal District.
 
Compiled from agency reports

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ecoi.net description:
3 police officers killed and 6 others injured in gun battle with suspected Islamic militants along the Chechen-Daghestan border, according to reports
Country:
Russian Federation
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/three_police_killed_in_caucasus_clash/24483544.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
14 February 2012
Document ID:
1257024 (former ID 210261)

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