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Armed band destroyed in Chechnya

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Three militants have been eliminated in Chechnya, the Russian Interior Ministry said Saturday.
MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Three militants have been eliminated in Chechnya, the Russian Interior Ministry said Saturday.

"Today, at 6:40 a.m. (2:40 a.m. GMT), a group of militants was destroyed near the village of Roshni Chu, in the Urus Martan district [in central Chechnya]," a ministry source said.

He said the militants, who were riding in a car, put up fierce resistance and were killed in a shootout, adding that one of the gunmen was identified as a member of Chechen warlord Doku Umarov's group.

He also said three assault rifles, two pistols, three Mukha grenade launchers, and a large amount of explosives and ammunition were seized as a result of the operation.

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