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Police in Chechnya kill militant

09:28 27/10/2009

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MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya have killed a militant in a shootout, a law enforcement source said on Tuesday.

The source said that the shootout took place on Monday at 6:45 p.m. (15:45 GMT) in a wooded mountainous area in the republic's Vedeno district

"During an operation...police officers discovered a militant, a local resident, who put up armed resistance," the source said.

A Kalashnikov automatic weapon and ammunition were recovered from the scene, the source added.

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