Two active members of illegal armed formations were destroyed in Dagestan's Kaitagsky region during a joint special operation of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Interior Ministry of the republic on Sunday night. As Itar-Tass learnt at the press service of the republican FSB Department on Monday, at 22.10 Moscow time, on the motor road between the settlements of Majalis and Rodnikovy, an attempt was made to stop a VAZ-2103 car for checking documents. "Those who were in the car didn't obey the demand and opened submachine-gun fire at police officers", a representative of the press service said. The driver and a passenger were destroyed in return fire. One of them was identified. It was a 29-year-old native of the city of Dagestanskiye Ogni, Kazikhan Akhmedov. According to investigators, he was an active member of the bandit underground and a member of Israpil Validjanov's group operating on the territory of Southern Dagestan. Akhmedov was on the federal wanted list. The identity of another gunman is being established. A submachine-gun with two magazines, 115 cartridges and a pistol were found inside the car. There are no losses among the participants in the operation.
