MAKHACHKALA. July 16 (Interfax) - All seven militants killed in a special effort in Kayakent district of Dagestan on Saturday have been tentatively identified, the press service of the Dagestani Interior Ministry reports.
The report posted on the ministry website says that the eliminated militants include Islam Magomedov (aka Khomyak), born in 1984, a resident of Sergokala and leader of the local terrorist group. He had been federally wanted for attempts on the lives of law enforcers and illegal turnover of arms.
The identified militants also included Arsen Magomedov, born in 1983, a resident of Izberbash and the leader of a terrorist group in his town who had been federally wanted for similar crimes; Isa Dalgatov, born in 1987, a resident of Izberbash wanted for hooliganism, and Shamil Akhmedov, born in 1977, a resident of Izberbash.
Two residents of Kayakent district were also identified - Amin Ibiyev, born in 1986, and Magomedsaid Mamatov, born in 1980.
The eliminated militants also included William Plotnikov (aka Canadian), born in 1989, a resident of Tyumen region.
Three Kalashnikov assault rifles were confiscated from the scene of fighting. Two vehicles used by the criminals were found and a dugout containing one homemade bomb and components for more. The dugout was demolished.
Meanwhile, a source in Dagestani law enforcement told Interfax that Plotnikov was a promising boxer from the European boxing school founded in Canada by renowned Russian coach Boris Gitman.
"The motives and circumstances that prompted him to move to Russia and later join militants are now being studied," the source said.
On Saturday the National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) reported that servicemen from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Interior Ministry departments for Dagestan killed seven suspected militants in an exchange of fire in a forest near the village of Utamysh near an administrative border between the Kayakent and Sergokala districts of Dagestan.