In St. Petersburg, four armed people were killed as a result of the operation

In St. Petersburg, as a result of a special operation, four participants in illegal armed groups were killed. This was stated by the representative of the Investigative Committee . According to him, there are no injured among the civilian population and law enforcement officers.

The operation took place in a residential building in the south of St. Petersburg in the morning. According to law enforcement agencies, several armed people, who, approved, were participants in the illegal formations operating in the North Caucasus, barricaded in one of the apartments. According to Radio Liberty correspondent, during the operation, two explosions occurred in the house. The FSB claims that people barricaded in the apartment shot at the fighters of special forces and were killed by return fire. Messages about the wound of one of the special forces are not confirmed.

Earlier, the media wrote that the special operation in St. Petersburg is carried out on behalf of the special services of Kabardino-Balkaria. According to Fontanka, a special operation may be related to the recent murder of the leader of the armed underground of this republic Hizir Likhov. In the FSB in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, these messages refused to confirm.