MAKHACHKALA. July 30 (Interfax-AVN) - A police special task unit is still engaged in battle with a group of rebels in the town of Kizlyar, Dagestan.
A building in which several rebels are believed to be hiding has been surrounded in Kizlyar, the Dagestani Interior Ministry told Interfax.
The Kizlyar police received a tip on Friday morning that armed people had been seen in a building in Kizlyar, the Dagestani Interior Ministry told Interfax. The group of policemen that arrived to check the area came under fire.
Two policemen were killed in the clash, Interfax has been told. One of them died at the scene of the fighting and the other died on the way to the hospital.
The area has been encircled and security has been stepped up at the nearby hospital to avoid hostage-takings.
Around 2:30 p.m. Moscow time (1030 GMT), there was a lull in the fighting, the local police said, but the special task operation is continuing its operation.