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Last Updated: Thursday, 13 October 2005, 09:00 GMT 10:00 UK

"'Several dead' in Caucasus clash"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Gunfire has been heard throughout the city
A number of police and rebels have been killed in fighting across a city in Russia's volatile North Caucasus area.
Civilians are also feared caught up in the clashes that spread to a school, airport and government buildings in Nalchik city, Kabardino-Balkaria.

A hospoital source told Moscow radio there were 20 "uniformed" bodies.

Kabardino-Balkaria, a Muslim area near war-ravaged Chechnya, has been the scene of several confrontations between authorities and alleged extremists.

A police official told Itar-Tass news agency that a number of police and militants had been killed.

"We are checking the information about fatalities at police stations and possible victims among civilians," he said.

A source at Nalchik's Republican Hospital told Ekho Moskvy radio that the dead who had been brought in were "all people in uniform".

At least 40 injured people had been taken to the hospital, with more arriving all the time, the source added."