MAKHACHKALA. April 13 (Interfax) - The search for militants in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan continues on Tuesday as part of a special counter-terrorist operation, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) department in Dagestan told Interfax.
The FSB and police have been carrying out the operation in the republic's Karabudakhkent district since Sunday.
As part of the operation, militants from Magomedali Vagabov's armed group who were planning various attacks were stopped.
Three soldiers have been killed in the operation so far and the bodies of two dead militants have been found.