NAZRAN. Oct 28 (Interfax-AVN) - Seven rebels have been killed in a federal operation to eliminate a gang of up to 40 men in Ingushetia. One serviceman has been killed.
"One serviceman has been killed and another two sustained injuries in the fight with a rebel group that was spotted near the village of Dattykh late on Sunday," a source in the group in charge of eliminating illegal armed formations in Ingushetia told Interfax- Military News Agency on Monday.
The fight with the rebel gang spotted by a military special- purpose team on Sunday afternoon still continues, the source said. "The bandits carry small-arms, grenade launchers and a stock of explosives," he noted.