NAZRAN, March 12 (Itar-Tass) – A serviceman was seriously injured in Ingushetia's Sunzha district during a search for militants, the republic's law-enforcement bodies told Itar-Tass. The serviceman tripped a homemade explosive device near the village of Galashki. "The doctors said he's in critical condition," police reported.

The special operation in the wooded area near Galashki is continuing. The serviceman is from the motorized infantry regiment deployed in the village of Troitskaya.