17:43, 20 August 2013

NAC: nine militants killed in special operation in Buynaksk

Bammatkhan Sheikhov in the Dagestan Supreme Court room, December 22, 2008. Photo by Natalia Krainova for the ‘Caucasian Knot’.

As reported today by the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), in the course of the counterterrorist operation (CTO), conducted in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, power agents killed nine militants. According to updated information, four officers of the Dagestani OMON (riot police) were wounded.

Earlier it was reported that during the skirmish five suspected militants were killed, and two power agents were wounded.

The NAC has also confirmed the information that Bammatkhan Sheikhov, the leader of local militants, born in 1964, was among the persons blocked in the house. According to the NAC, his grouping was involved in the terror act at the "Dalniy" military training range in September 2010, and killed the Imam of the central mosque of Buynaksk.

"Last year, this gang killed the Imam of the central mosque Buynaksk; it was also established that its members were involved in killing policemen and attacks on a military facility," the "Interfax" quotes the NAC's statement.

So far, no comments regarding the statement have been made by Sheikhov's relatives.