MAKHACHKALA, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two militants were killed during a special operation in the town of Buinaksk in central Daghestan, the local Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
The police have not disclosed the details of the operation in the region in the south of Russia.
A source in a local hospital said a passer-by was wounded in the course of the operation in the center of the town, and that he was in a serious condition with spinal injuries.
The militants have been identified as Timur Kusiyev and Zaur Muzhaidov, both born in 1985, who had been preparing an attack on a high-ranking police officer, a spokesman for the local interior ministry said.
A Kalashnikov assault rifle, grenades and cartridges were seized at the scene of the operation.
