Two suspected militants were killed in Ingushetia

In Ingushetia, near the village of Galashki in the Sunzhensky district, two suspected militants were killed. this TASS reports with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.

Previously, the agency reported that on the evening of August 17, near Galashki, several men attacked National Guardsmen who were neutralizing a weapons cache in the forest. During the shootout, one of the attackers was wounded.

After this, security forces cordoned off the area beyond the Assa River for searches. This was the sixth attack on security forces in the republic in a year, noted . the Caucasian Knot

Those killed “intended to commit a number of terrorist crimes,” said the National Anti-Terrorism Committee . Two machine guns, a pistol, ammunition and improvised explosive devices were seized from them. The TASS source added that they are also suspected of murdering a private security officer of the Russian National Guard in July in the Sunzhensky district due to similar fingerprints on his car.

Updated at 19:55 . NAC and TASS information was added, and therefore the title was changed.