Violent Incidents Strike N. Caucasus Republics
October 02 2009
A police officer was killed and four were injured in a firefight with suspected militants in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Friday, RIA Novosti reports.
Militants armed with guns and grenades attacked a traffic post in the town of Prokhladny in the early morning, police said. A civilian was reported wounded in the crossfire.
The gunmen barricaded themselves in a nearby house, which was surrounded by special tactics police. The assailants are...
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