Two militants killed in Daghestan shootout

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12:0921/06/2009

MAKHACHKALA, June 21 (RIA Novosti) - Two militants were killed in a shootout with police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, a spokesman for the republican Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

The incident occurred late on Saturday when unidentified persons opened automatic fire on interior troops on the edge of the village of Kakamakhi in the republic's Karabudakhkent district, some 30 km (19 miles) south of the capital Makhachkala, the spokesman said.

"There are no casualties among the personnel. By retaliation fire, two bandits have been killed. Their identity is being established," the spokesman said.

Militant attacks and clashes remain common in Russia's North Caucasus, although the Kremlin campaign to fight separatists and terrorists in Chechnya has officially ended. Violence often spills over into nearby republics, in particular Ingushetia and Daghestan.

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