26 October 2016, 22:29

One person killed in shootout in Dagestan

The village of Tagirkent-Kazmalyar, Magaramkent District, has been put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) legal regime, the Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) has reported today. According to a Dagestani law enforcement source, in the course of the CTO, power agents entered a shootout with some persons, who had opened fire on them from a blocked house.

According to the source, employees of federal agencies "killed the militant, who had opened fire on them in Tagirkent-Kazmalyar".

"He was pre-identified as Valekh Rafikhanov. According to the NAC's operative headquarters, in March this year he joined the bandit grouping operating in Southern Dagestan. As a member thereof, he took part in attempts on law enforcers, murders of civilians and extortion of large sums of money from entrepreneurs," the "Chernovik" weekly quotes the NAC's message.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

See earlier reports:

CTO legal regime lifted in village of Kvanada, MIA releases pictures from place of shootout in Kizilyurt District of Dagestan, At least eight armed incidents occur in area of Derbent since early 2016.

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