MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) – Security forces killed at least
six suspected militants in a province bordering Russia’s
volatile North Caucasus on Tuesday, Russian news agencies
reported.
The government is struggling to contain an Islamist
insurgency in the mostly Muslim region in southern Russia, and
violence sometimes spills over into neighbouring provinces.
In one incident, law enforcement officers in a Stavropol
province town killed four men who opened fire in response to
demands they stop their car and produce identification
documents, Interfax reported.
Separately, security forces raided an apartment in the city
of Mineralny Vody, also in Stavropol province, and killed at
least two suspected militants holed up there, Itar-Tass
reported. Interfax said five suspected militants were killed.
Police could not immediately be reached for comment and the
reports, which cited unidentified law enforcement officials,
could not be verified.
(Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Catherine Evans)
