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Russia: 4 people killed in Dagestan province

Police say a Muslim cleric, two police officers and a militant have been killed in separate attacks in Russia's restive province of Dagestan. Interior Ministry spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said Wednesday that Imam Nuri Ramazanov was shot dead outside his house in the republic's north bordering with Chechnya on Tuesday night. Police suspect Islamic militants to be behind the murder.

 

Late Tuesday night, a militant was shot dead during a police operation in the provincial capital of Makhachkala. And northwest of the city, two police officers were killed in a shoot-out with suspected militants in the town of Khasavyurt. (AP)

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.20.11, 09:40