Three militants were killed in a shootout with police on Monday in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a police source told RIA Novosti.
“The incident occurred at around 9:00 p.m. (17:00 GMT), when police officers tried to stop a car for a document check,” the source said. “They were fired on and returned fire. As a result of the shootout, the three men in the car were killed.”
The source also said there were no police injuries.
Dagestan sees frequent militant attacks on police officers and officials. The restive republic saw around 50% of all terrorist attacks in Russia in 2010.
