MAGAS. April 3 (Interfax) - The operational headquarters of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Directorate for Ingushetia has launched a counterterrorist operation in a district of the republic, the directorate's press service said in a statement on Monday.
"For the purpose of preventing terrorist attacks and crimes of terrorism, the head of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Ingushetia, Major General [Dmitry] Kechkin has decided to conduct a counterterrorist operation in the Malgobek district of the Republic of Ingushetia from 8 p.m. April 3, 2023," the statement said.
An informed source told Interfax that the district's policemen had skirmished with a group of unknown individuals.