Russian police kill 2 rebel suspects in Caucasus

World January 25, 2013

Russian police kill 2 rebel suspects in Caucasus

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Officials say police have killed 2 suspected militants who took a woman and two children hostage in southern Russia.

The Interior Ministry's branch in the province of Kabardino-Balkariya in the North Caucasus Mountains said the unidentified gunmen refused on Friday to free their captives in a house in Chegem town, opened fire at police and threatened to blow up the building.

The ministry says police stormed the building, killed both militants and freed the hostage unharmed. An Islamic insurgency has spread across the North Caucasus region after two separatist wars in Chechnya, with shootings, bombings and police security raids occurring on regular basis.

Subjects
- General news,
- Hostage situations,
- War and unrest,
- Police
Locations
- Russia,
- Eastern Europe,
- Europe

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