Militant killed, two injured in Russia's North Caucasus

MAKHACHKALA. February 16. KAZINFORM One militant has been killed and two others injured after police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan opened fire on their car, a local police spokesman said on Monday.

The militants were killed by police in Daghestan's Khasavyurtovsky district late on Sunday. Officers received a tipoff that the suspected gunmen were in the car and tried to stop it, but the driver did not follow police instructions; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. "Police opened fire. As a result one person was killed and two injured," the spokesman said.