Three militants were eliminated in Nazran, two of whom turned out to be bandit leaders, Interfax reports , citing the information department of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

They were previously identified as the leader of the “Kurchaloev” gang, Ayub Kholadov, born in 1981, the leader of the “Nazran” gang, Movsar Katsiev, born in 1987, and a member of the latter, Khamzat Pugoev, born in 1987.

Pugoev was suspected of an attempt on the life of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia and North Ossetia, and Kholadov was considered one of the organizers of the attack on the village of Khosi-Yurt in the Gudermes region of Chechnya in August 2010 and of preparing terrorist attacks using suicide bombers, including on the border between Ingushetia and North Ossetia in October 2012.

The militants were discovered on December 19 on the territory of an industrial zone in Nazran during operational search activities carried out jointly by the FSB of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Ingushetia. They were blocked in one of the buildings, and when the militants resisted, they were destroyed by return fire. At the scene of the collision, two homemade Khattab grenades, three machine guns with ammunition, mines, uniforms and equipment were found.

As a result of the operation, an employee of the FSB department for Ingushetia was wounded. There were no casualties among the civilian population.

Three militants killed in Ingushetia