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Gunmen blocked in Russia's Dagestan special operation

Other News Materials 26 December 2010 10:04 (UTC +04:00)

Police have blocked a group of gunmen hiding in a private house in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a local police spokesman said on Sunday.

"Now an active phase of the operation is ongoing. The counterterrorist regime was imposed at about 7.30 a.m. local time [4.30 a.m. GMT]," the spokesman said.

He said the gunmen are suspected of killing of a policeman in Makhachkala on Thursday. The suspected assailants opened gunfire on a police patrol when they were stopped.

According to the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, more than half of all terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus in 2010 have occurred in Dagestan, RIA Novosti reported.

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