Security operation in Russia's North Caucasus.
Russian secret service agents and members of the special police unit OMON killed eight Islamist rebels during an anti-terrorism operation in the conflict-ridden North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday.
A woman was among the dead, Interfax quoted authorities in the capital Makhachkala as saying.
They said the bandits – the official term given for Islamic rebels – had resisted during the operation in a neighbourhood of Makhachkala and thus been shot.
Local residents reportedly tipped off the FSB secret service and the police about the presence of the Islamist fighters. They were said to have been involved in attacks on security forces.
Dagestan has been the scene of bloody clashes between forces loyal to Moscow, criminal gangs and the Islamists striving for independence from Russia. The region is plagued by almost daily violence.
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