NALCHIK. Sept 14 (Interfax-AVN) - A special operation in the village of Khasanya in the suburbs of Nalchik has been completed, a source with the Kabardino-Balkaria regional department of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) told Interfax-AVN on Friday.
"A militant was killed in the special operation. A FSB officer was wounded," the source said.
Several items of small arms belonging to members of an illegal armed group were seized, the source said.
It was reported earlier that officers of the FSB department in Kabardino-Balkaria and the North Caucasian directorate of the FSB carried out a special operation in Khasanya to detain members of illegal armed groups suspected of blowing up a FSB vehicle.
"A special operation was carried out. Officers of law enforcement agencies tried to detain an Audi vehicle when the driver failed to stop at the order of police officers. A shooting began and the vehicle caught fire. A dead body and an assault rifle were found in the car," the source said.