2 Police Killed in Clash with Militants in Dagestan

Two policemen have died in an exchange of fire with militants in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, while two others are reported wounded .

The RIA-Novosti news agency quotes a source in the local law enforcement agencies as saying that the police came across the militants as they were combing woodland near the village Kidero earlier today.

The Dagestan Interior Ministry press service confirms the exchange of fire, adding that the number of wounded is yet to be specified.