5
Militants Killed in Ingushetia
KHANKALA
(RIA Novosti) – Five militants were killed in a special operation
in Ingushetia (republic in the North Caucasus bordering on Chechnya),
a spokesman for the regional operational staff to control the
counter terrorist operation in the North Caucasus told RIA Novosti.
"During
a targeted special operation conducted by interior troops special
purpose units, FSB and interior ministry officers, five militants
were killed in Stary Malgobek (Ingushetia)." It has been
established that the bandits were directly subordinate to Isa
Tarshkhoyev and were part of the so-called Argun jaamat. Ibrahim
Satayev, Magomed and Artur Vakhidovs were among those killed.
Information on the others is being specified.
Three Kalashnikov
assault rifles, one of them of foreign make, four Makarov handguns,
three makeshift explosive devices, five F-1 grenades, a large
number of rounds and a 3-liter canister with metal balls were
found at the scene.
The staff
spokesman said the bandits produced explosive devices, silencers;
and recruited young people.
By available
information, Tarshkhoyev’s gang was directly subordinate to Shamil
Basayev and involved with the blowing up of a car in Magas (Ingushetia)
in fall 2003, as well as with numerous terrorist acts on Chechen
territory.