ROSTOV-ON-DON, February 19 (RIA Novosti) - Three suspected militants were killed during a special operation in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Thursday, a police source said.
The operation was conducted in the village of Sagopshi, in the republic's Malgobek District.
"Police were involved in a clash with gunmen. It is now known that three gunmen were killed," the source said, adding that there were no reports of police casualties.
Ingushetia has seen a rise in violence of late, including bombings and other attacks on police and officials, which have been linked to separatists in neighboring Chechnya and local criminal gangs.
Three police officers were injured in a car explosion on Wednesday in the tiny republic's Sunzha District. Another police officer was injured and hospitalized after a gunman opened fire at a police station near Nazran, the republic's largest city.
