Operation to neutralize militants is under way in Ingushetia.

NAZRAN, Ingushetia, January 28 (Itar-Tass) - Fighting between law
enforcers and a group of militants is under way in the Troitskaya Cossack
village of Ingushetia, a source at the Ingush Interior Ministry told
Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
Members of illegal armed formations are hiding in a private household.
They refused to surrender and opened fire at the law enforcers from
automatic weapons. One policeman, Isa Aspiyev, was wounded and taken to
hospital in serious condition.
The total number of the militants is unknown. Law enforcers believe
there could be two or three of them, including a 20-year-old son of the
household's owners.
At the moment the shootout continues.
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