In three different incidents within Russia’s violence-ridden southern Caucasus region, an Islamic warlord, seven militants, four officers, and one civilian have lost their lives.
Nikolai Sintsov, spokesman for Russia’s anti-terrorist committee, reported that during a shootout on Friday in the village of Ekazhevo, the leader of Islamist separatists in Ingushetia was killed alongside two other militants.
On the same day, Vyasheslav Gasanov, a police spokesman, announced that in the neighboring province of Dagestan, four Russian military officers and five militants had been killed.
In yet another troubled region, Kabardino Balkariya, police spokesman Andrey Ushakov mentioned that three masked militants invaded a school and stabbed a volleyball player in the gymnasium.
The predominantly Muslim region experiences near-daily assaults from separatist insurgents and criminal organizations.
by Sasha Dubronitz
