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13 killed in clashes in Russia's volatile Caucasus

Associated Press | Posted on Jan 27, 2012 at 09:29pm IST

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Rostov-On-Don: Russian officials say an Islamist warlord, seven militants, four officers and one civilian have been killed in three separate incidents in Russia's violence-plagued southern Caucasus region. Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee spokesman Nikolai Sintsov said the leader of Islamist separatists in the province of Ingushetia was killed in a shootout on Friday in the village of Ekazhevo along with two other militants.

Also on Friday, police spokesman Vyasheslav Gasanov said four Russian military officers and five militants were killed in the neighbouring province of Dagestan.

In another restive Russian province, Kabardino-Balkariya, three masked militants stormed into a school and stabbed a volleyball player in the gym, police spokesman Andrey Ushakov said.

13 killed in clashes in Russia\'s volatile Caucasus

The predominantly Muslim region suffers almost daily attacks by separatist insurgents and criminal gangs.

The predominantly Muslim region suffers almost daily attacks by separatist insurgents and criminal gangs.

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