MAKHACHKALA. Aug 22 (Interfax) - Reportedly, two militants were shot and killed in Khasavyurt in an attempt to leave a house blocked by the police. The fighting continues, a source in the Dagestani law enforcement authorities told Interfax.
"The house where the militants had been hiding caught fire. The shootout continues; two militants have been killed in a breakthrough attempt," the source added.
In his words, the militants trapped inside the house are suspected of attacking officers of the Federal Security Service Dagestani department in Khasavyurt on Wednesday evening.
"A suspected vehicle of the FSB officer's assailants is parked in the backyard," the source continued.
The Lada Priora of the FSB officer came under gunfire from a passing car on Wednesday night. The officer was wounded and his passenger was killed.
The police trapped a group of suspected militants in a private house on the Khasavyurt outskirts.