Five militants killed near Grozny

Five militants were killed near Grozny, who were part of a group of criminals who attacked policemen on the night of December 18. This was announced by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

According to Kadyrov, the special operation against the militants took place in a mountainous and wooded area a few kilometers from Grozny. The dead were found with weapons that they had previously seized when attacking a policeman. The identities of the militants have not yet been established.

Kadyrov said that the group of militants involved in the attacks had been completely destroyed.

According to an Interfax source, one of the militants survived and was detained. “He started to testify,” the agency source said.

• On the night of December 18, skirmishes took place in Grozny between the police and militants. According to Life , three police officers were killed. The "Caucasian Knot" reported about one dead policeman. Ramzan Kadyrov said that four attackers were killed in the skirmishes, two more were injured and detained.