18:10, 10 December 2013

NAC: leader of "Shamil" grouping killed in Dagestan

Special operation. Photo: http://nac.gov.ru/

According to the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC), Magomed Khalitov, the leader of the local terrorist grouping, has been killed as a result of the special operation in the Shamil District in Dagestan.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on December 9 militants wounded an investigator in the vicinity of the village of Khebda in the Shamil District. The area was put under the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime. In the morning, power agents found and blocked a dugout with alleged members of the armed underground inside. According to preliminary data of security forces, there were two persons in the dugout.

One of them was killed and later identified as Magomed Khalitov, the leader of the local grouping, involved, in particular, in the murder of a village head, the "Interfax" reports with reference to the NAC.

According to the NAC, there are no victims among civilians; one law enforcer was wounded.

The fate of the second blocked militant is still unknown. According to local residents, both suspected militants were killed in the armed clash.