MAKHACHKALA. Aug 31 (Interfax-AVN) - One of the militants eliminated in Dagestan's Khasavyurt district has been identified as an Algerian national, the Federal Security Service's Dagestan department informed Interfax on Monday.
"According to information available to us, he was known among the militants as Doctor Muhammad and he was the Al Qaeda coordinator in Dagestan. The identity of the second militant is being established," a department spokesman said.
Two automatic rifles, a pistol, ammunition and communication equipment were discovered in a house in the village of Mutsalaul, where the militants were hiding, he said.
"Bomb disposal experts and investigators are working at the scene," the spokesman said.