Russian security forces say they have killed at least 10 suspected rebels in a shoot-out in the troubled Caucasus region of Dagestan. One Russian officer also died in the incident.
The fight erupted in the early hours when police and Federal Security Service agents stopped a mini-bus near the village of Tsmur in southern Dagestan. Police say they found weapons, explosives, ammunition and religious literature in the vehicle. Russian forces are fighting a rebel movement in Dagestan based mainly around militant Islam which analysts say could spread into other regions of Russia's north Caucasus. Situated next to the Caspian Sea and Chechnya, Dagestan has a population of 2.5 million Russia flashpoints ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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