GROZNY, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer and a militant were killed in a shootout in Chechnya on Tuesday, a police source told RIA Novosti.
The officer died of injuries sustained during a clash with a group of militants in the Vedeno district on Tuesday morning, the source said.
"A militant on the federal wanted list was killed in an armed clash," he said, adding that a search for the other militants involved was underway.
Chechnya, like neighboring North Caucasus republics Dagestan and Ingushetia, has seen an upsurge of militant violence of late, with frequent attacks on police.
The Kremlin officially ended its anti-terrorism operation in Chechnya in April. The republic saw two brutal separatist wars in the 1990s and early 2000s.
