China News Service, Moscow, October 13 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) On the 13th, the Russian National Counter-Terrorism Committee announced that law enforcement officers and four militants exchanged fire in the October town of Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic.
In the end, 4 militants were shot dead and 2 law enforcement officers died.
The source said that the militants were surrounded in a residential house.
Law enforcement officers persuaded the militants to surrender, but the militants opened fire.
Then there was a gun battle between the two sides.
The source said that the exchange of fire also injured a law enforcement officer.
The injured are being treated.
Law enforcement officers are currently inspecting the area where the firefight occurred.
The President of the Chechen Republic, Kadyrov, said on social networking sites that a counter-terrorism operation was successfully carried out today.
Terrorists’ weapons, ammunition and communications equipment were seized where the fighting took place.
The militants killed were from abroad, and they planned to launch terrorist attacks locally.
Kadyrov said that the current situation in Grozny and the entire Chechen Republic is stable and calm.
The Chechen Republic of Russia is located in the North Caucasus.
In recent years, the anti-terrorism situation in the North Caucasus has been severe.
There have been many anti-terrorism operations in Chechnya, each time several to dozens of militants were arrested.
Russian media believe that the current terrorists in Chechnya and foreign terrorists are in a distant relationship, and the number of terrorist activities is increasing and there are signs of spreading to Moscow and other big cities.
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