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Three Russian police killed, six injured in Caucasus clash
Feb 14, 2012, 9:28 GMT
Moscow - Three Russian police officers have been killed and six injured in a gun battle with suspected insurgents in the Caucasus region, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.
The firefight took place late Monday in a forested region along the district boundary between the regions of Dagestan and Chechnya, some 950 kilometres south of the Russian capital Moscow.
A police patrol came into contact with an armed group of men on Monday evening, Interfax reported citing a police spokesman. The exchange of fire lasted until nightfall.
Government troops were moving to the area early Tuesday and had begun a search of the region.
Rebels, Islamic extremists or bandits are usually held responsible for attacks against government forces in Russia's Caucasus regions.
Pro-Kremlin forces control most cities and towns in the territory, but small bands of insurgents occupy forest and mountain hideouts.
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