Police: 7 rebels killed in Russian south
Police in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region say they have killed seven suspected separatist rebels in two coordinated raids on insurgent hideouts.
Both of Wednesday's raids were conducted in Dagestan, a hotbed of extremist violence. Police say five rebels were killed in the district of Kaspiisk after police surrounded an apartment they took shelter in. In the capital, Makhachkala, two suspected insurgents who had barricaded themselves into a home were killed in a gunfight. (AP)
