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Three militants killed in special operation in Dagestan — source

The killed are being identified

MAKHACHKALA, January 29. /TASS/. Three militants, according to preliminary information, were killed in a special operation in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt, a source at Dagestan’s law enforcement authorities told TASS on Sunday.

"The operation’s active stage is over, and preliminary information is that three militants were killed," the source said. "The house, their shelter, is being searched now, the killed are being identified.".

No victims have been reported among the law enforcers or local residents.

The source, who was on the special operation’s site, said one of the killed, according to preliminary reports, was identified as earlier sentenced Saipun Abdullayev, born in 1995.