Dagestan: suspected militants killed in shootout identified

The suspected militants killed last night in a shootout at a police post in the Khasavyurt District of Dagestan, have been pre-identified.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today at 1:30 a.m. Moscow time, at the police post near the village of Sulevkent in the Khasavyurt District, a shootout broke out. According to the Dagestani MIA, policemen stopped a car; and the three unidentified men opened fire from inside the car. In the shootout, one policeman and two suspected militants were killed. Another policeman was wounded; and the third alleged militant managed to escape.

The killed suspects have been pre-identified as the 23-year-old Rasul Saidov and the 33-year-old Zagalav Magomaliev, said a Dagestani law enforcement source.

"Both were in hiding since 2014," said a source quoted by the RIA "Dagestan".

According to his version, the wounded policeman was hospitalized; and the third suspected militant is searched for.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.