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Russia forces kill 5 ISIL militants in North Caucasus

27 May 2016 04:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Russian law enforcement forces have killed five militants linked with the ISIL terrorist group and arrested three others during separate counterterrorism operations in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, APA reports quoting Press TV.

"As a result of a special operation in the town of Malgobek and an anti-terrorist operation in the town of Nazran, five militants have been killed and three others detained following fierce clashes," Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement released on Thursday.

Russia has been fighting militants since the mid-1990s in its North Caucasus region, where the republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia have been the scene of sporadic attacks and militant clashes.