MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Six militants including the head of a local armed gang have been killed in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) said Wednesday.
"Special forces neutralized three militants in Izberbash and three more in Makhachkala. The NAC operational headquarters have provisionally identified the bandits. Among them is the leader of a local armed group Magomed Khalimbekov, on the federal wanted list since June 2015," the committee said.
The NAC said the killed fighters were involved in terrorism-related crimes, including an August attack on road police and the July 10 shooting of local residents in the nearby Sergokala settlement.
