MAKHACHKALA, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - Seven police officers and a local resident have been wounded during an ongoing anti-terror operation in the North Caucasus region of Daghestan, a local hospital official said Tuesday.
Two militants have been surrounded in a five-story building in the town of Kizil-Yurt in central Daghestan, 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) from the regional capital, Makhachkala.
Local law enforcement officers and armored vehicles are taking part in the operation. An official involved in the operation identified the militants as Abdulmazhid Kabashilayev and Ibragim Ibragimov, and said both are on the federal wanted list.
