NAZRAN, July 13 (Itar-Tass) - The two gunmen killed in the village of Nesterovskaya in Ingushetia are identified as Mikail Musikhanov and Ibragim Tsisdoyev, a law-enforcement source in the republic told Itar-Tass.
It is preliminary information. The identification must be confirmed.
Musikhanov was on a wanted list since 2011. He was a personal bodyguard of Doku Umarov, the leader of gunmen.
Tsisdoyev was a member of the Makhauri group hiding near the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya, according to the information of law-enforcement services.
Overnight, in the village of Nesterovskaya, the Sunzha district, the two gunmen offered resistance to law-enforcement unit members who attempted to detain them. The gunmen were in a private house. They opened fire and were killed in the exchange of fire.
A member of the special unit was wounded.