( RIA Novosti ) - A policeman and a militant were killed Thursday in a shootout in Daghestan, a republic in Russia's troubled North Caucasus, a local police source said.
Another police officer was injured in the clash, which occurred at 10:30 a.m. local time (6:30 a.m. GMT), in a forest in the Khasavyurt District in northern Daghestan.
Security forces are conducting a search operation for a second militant and have surrounded an area where he is believed to be hiding.