MOSCOW (AFP)--Four militants and a member of the security forces were killed in a clash in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
A security source told the agency security forces uncovered a group of 12 militants while carrying out a search operation in the Caucasus region.
"In the armed clash one member of the security forces was killed. Four militants were neutralized. Their identity is being established."
Despite the end of a decade-long "counter-terrorist" operation in neighboring Chechnya, largely Muslim Ingushetia remains the scene of fatal clashes between the police and Islamist militants.
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