Law enforcement officers eliminated two militants who were preparing terrorist attacks in Ingushetia, and another was detained, the information center of the National Anti-terrorist Committee (NAC) told TASS.
"During the counter-terrorism operation in Nazran and Malgobek district of Ingushetia, two bandits were neutralized, one was detained. Their identities are established. According to available data, they intended to commit a number of terrorist crimes on the territory of the Republic," the NAC said. Weapons, ammunition and an explosive device were found at the scene of the clash.
The Committee clarified that on Thursday, security agencies received information about the presence of armed men in private homes in Nazran and the village of Sagopshi in the Malgobek district. The head of the Republican Department of the FSB of Russia has decided to conduct a counter-terrorism operation and introduce an appropriate legal regime. The area was cordoned off, and the militants who were holed up in houses were asked to lay down their weapons and surrender to the authorities. But the militants responded by opening fire on law enforcement officers. "There are no losses among law enforcement officers and no casualties among the civilian population," the NAC reported. Now the inspection of the site continues.
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