
In Derbent, Dagestan, the security forces killed nine participants in the armed underground, Interfax reports with reference to the National Anti -Terrorism Committee.
According to the NAK, "as a result of targeted search, two groups of bandits in different parts of the city were discovered." Reportedly, the security forces invited the militants to surrender; They opened shooting from automatic weapons and were killed by return fire "as a result of fleeting shootings." In a shootout, one special forces received a slight wound.
According to NAC, the dead prepared a "sabotage and terrorist act for May Day holidays."
The security forces entered the battle with two groups of underground participants in different parts of the city. At first they pursued four suspects who were driving by car VAZ-2109 on Suleiman Stalsky Street in Derbent. During the chase there was a shootout. Conflicting information came about the number of those killed: Interfax reported the three killed and one detained, RIA Dagestan reported that only one and three were detained.
Four more participants in the underground was barricaded in a private house in the Derbent District "Airport", Interfax reported . The security forces took the house storm and killed all defenders. As reported, a home -made explosive device with a capacity of 5 kilograms in TNT equivalent was found inside.
Initially, it was reported that in two groups there were only 8 people.
On March 24, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported on the murder in the Botlikh district of Dagestan Yunus Khabibov, whom the security forces called a member of the armed underground, swore an “Islamic state” and performed the tasks of the organization “as the leader of the gang, which previously acted in the mining-Lesserry”. The dead was on the federal wanted list.