Interior ministry forces and special units from other services have been conducting an operation in Dagestan's Buinaksk district since Friday morning to eliminate a group of gunmen that was discovered on Thursday, according to Itar-Tass. Two gunmen were killed in the fighting. One interior ministry serviceman died, and a Dagestan OMON policeman was wounded, the press service of the republic's Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass. The operation takes place in a forest between the residential sites of Manasaul and Agachkala. The law-enforcement units are pursuing gunmen. No information was given about the number of gunmen in the group.
