JAKARTA - The Russian anti-terrorism agency killed four militants affiliated with the Islamic State group in the Dagestan region.
The violence and militant Islamist groups in Dagestan are increasingly a challenge for President Vladimir Putin, with 20 people killed in attacks on churches and synagoges in June 2024, and attacks that took place in 2023 at Makhachkala airport.
"The militants are planning an attack on the regional office of the interior ministry," the National Anti-terrorism Agency told news agency RIA.
Grenade launchers, homemade explosive devices, grenades, ammunition and machine guns were found near and near the scene.
"There were no casualties among civilians or losses among law enforcement officials," TASS reported.
Dagestan, about 1,600 km (1,000 miles) south of Moscow in Russia's Northern Case, is a group of ethnic groups, languages, that live in the shadow of the Kaukasus mountains between the Kaspia Sea and the Black Sea.
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