MAKHACHKALA. Dec 30 (Interfax) - The police are establishing the identity of a militant who has been shot and killed in Dagestan, a representative of the law enforcement authorities told Interfax.
"There is preliminary information that a militant has been killed in a shootout on Lenin Street in Kaspiysk. The information is being verified," he said.
A source said earlier that the police had a shootout with armed assailants in Kaspiysk at around noon, Moscow time.