MAKHACHKALA. July 16 (Interfax) - The Dagestani department of the Investigative Committee of Russia on Sunday confirmed for Interfax that William Plotnikov (aka Canadian) killed in Kayakent district, Dagestan, on Saturday was really a citizen of Canada.
"He actually was that boxer, William Plotnikov. According to our knowledge, he received Canadian citizenship in 2008," a spokesman for the department said.
At the press service of the Dagestani Interior Ministry Interfax was told that local law enforcement had taken note of Plotnikov even before.
"According to our information center, he was fingerprinted in Khasavyurt in 2010," a ministry press officer 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.
On Sunday the Dagestani Interior Ministry said all seven militants were tentatively identified.
The report posted on the ministry website says that the eliminated militants included 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.