MAKHACHKALA. June 9 (Interfax) - Preliminary reports indicate that security forces have encircled a group of militants in a forest in the Khiv district of Dagestan, and an exchange of fire is currently under way, a Dagestani law enforcement source told Interfax on Saturday.
After police received a report that a group of gunmen had been spotted in a forest between the villages of Kashkent and Chilikar, troops were sent it, the source said.
"The group of suspects has been encircled, and an exchange of fire has started. Measures to neutralize the gunmen are being taken," he said.