MOSCOW, 13 July (RIA Novosti)-A total of 13 militants have been killed during an operation on the border of Chechnya and Daghestan in southern Russia, Chechnya's Interior Ministry official said Thursday.
He said another two had been arrested.
The ministry representative said reports that a militant group was trying to break through from Daghestan into Chechnya had arrived Wednesday night and police had set ambushes in the mountainous areas in Chechnya where the gunmen were most likely to appear.
"As a result, the group of about 20 bandits was discovered in the [southeastern] mountainous Nozhai Yurt district of Chechnya at 4:30 a.m. Moscow time (12:30 a.m. GMT)," the source said. "Thirteen militants were killed and two captured. A great number of small arms and grenade launchers were seized at the scene."
He said no law enforcers had been killed or injured.
