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Group of gunmen blocked in Dagestan

Police are negotiating with the militants the release of a woman with a child
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MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - An operation against a group of gunmen is underway in the town of Khasavyurt, Dagestan. "A group of militants has been blocked in a house; the authorities have launched an anti-terrorist operation. Police are negotiating with the militants the release of a woman with a child who are in the same house," the National Antiterrorist Committee told Itar-Tass.

It has not specified how many militants are blocked in the house.