Russian forces kill 5 in Ingushetia rebel operation

Russian special forces
killed five people, including one woman, in an operation against
insurgents in the southern region of Ingushetia on Wednesday, a
spokesman at the Ingush interior ministry said.
Special forces surrounded a house in the village of
Karabulak, about 10 kilometres (6 miles) north east of the main
city of Nazran, and attacked when the rebels refused to
surrender, the spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Russian forces have been combating a growing insurgency in
Ingushetia.