GROZNY, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - Five Russian Interior Ministry troops and five suspected militants were killed in a shoot out during a special operation in Chechnya, a local law enforcement agency official said Thursday.
The source said the suspects were holed up in a vacant house in the city of Argun, east of the Chechen capital. The house was surrounded by Interior Ministry troops when the suspects opened fire on the officers, killing five and wounding three. The officers returned fire, killing five suspects.
