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3 militants die in clashes in Russia's Ingushetia

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-06 20:17

MOSCOW: Three militants died in a shootout with military police in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Thursday.

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The shootout occurred in an operation by military police in the village of Kantyshevo in the Nazran district, when militants hiding inside a house refused to surrender, the Itar-Tass news agency reported, citing the regional department of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

Two militants were killed, while a third committed suicide with an explosive device.

The Kremlin in April formally ended an anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya, which has experienced two bloody separatist wars in the past 15 years.

The restive Chechnya, along with its neighboring republics of Ingushetia and Dagestan, has seen a rise in daily violence in recent months.