Two militants were killed resisting police trying to inspect a private house in Shamhal, on the outskirts of Makhachkala, a source in the Dagestani law-enforcement agencies told Interfax.
The two men were identified as active members of the so-called “Makhachkala diversionary-terrorist group”, Maksud Ismail and Biruni Ragimov, Russia’s Counter-Terrorist Committee told the news agency. Both men were wanted for attempts on the lives of police officers.
