Militant leader killed in Dagestan - 2

One of the four militants killed this night in Dagestan’s Levashingsky District was identified as gang leader Israpil Valijanov, RIA Novosti cites a police source as saying.

Valijanov has been on the federal wanted list for a series of terrorist attacks.

The police in Levashinsky District attempted to stop two vehicles in the village of Tashkapur. Fire was opened at the police. No police officer was injured. Four militants were killed.

A senior assistant of the investigation section of the Russian Investigation Committee, Alkhas Amirkhanov, said that a criminal case had been initiated into infringement on lives of police officers, illegal arms and ammunition trafficking and illegal production of weapons and explosives.