According to the law enforcement bodies, in the course of a special operation the security forces eliminated three militants, including the leader of the 'Caucasus Emirate', Interfax cites a police representative.





There is a danger that not all the militants have been killed. The operation will be continued in the morning.

"The bandits were hiding in a bunker, equipped under the house from where they were shooting at the staff of the federal forces. In the course of the operation, special measures were taken by the employees of the federal forces, who managed to eliminate three of the bandits, but according to preliminary information, two other people could be in a bunker under the house," the official source reports.

He also said that there are no injured or killed among the employees of the federal forces.