Clashes kill 5 militants, 4 police
From Times Wire Reports
Russian officials said five militants and four police officers have been killed in the violence-plagued south.
The local interior ministry in Rostov-on-Don said police killed three suspected militants, including a woman, in Dagestan province.
A police spokesman in neighboring Chechnya said a clash in the province left two militants and four police officers dead, and four officers wounded. He said the clash occurred when police pursued a group of militants suspected of killings of civilians and arson.
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