Russian Police, Gunmen Engage in Shootout
NALCHIK, Russia (AP) -- Police and security forces on Thursday battled gunmen in the capital of the southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, including in a school near a police station.
A teacher from the school, who did not give her name, said the school children had been evacuated.
At least three alleged militants were killed, the southern Russian district office of the Interior Ministry said.
Cops, Gunmen Battle Inside Russian School
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NALCHIK, Russia (AP) - Police and security forces on Thursday battled gunmen in the capital of the southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, including in a school near a police station.
A teacher from the school, who did not give her name, said the school children had been evacuated.
At least three alleged militants were killed, the southern Russian district office of the Interior Ministry said.
A policeman was wounded in the shootout, said Marina Kyasova, a spokesman for the Kabardino-Balkariya regional office of the ministry.
Intense shooting could be heard.
The Interfax news agency reported that gunmen had launched simultaneous attacks on the regional headquarters of the Interior Ministry and the Federal Security Service, as well as a number of other buildings.
Kabardino-Balkariya, along with other southern Russian regions, has seen a rise in Islamic extremist movements and violence targeting police, soldiers and other law enforcement officials in recent years linked to the festering decade-old guerrilla conflict in breakaway Chechnya.