At least 14 militants belonging to the Islamic State were killed by Russian special forces in the city of Nalchik in Russia's North Caucasus region, the Russian National Counter-Terrorist Committee reported on Sunday.
Russian special forces killed 11 of the gang's militants during a counter-terrorist operation that took place near Nalchik earlier on Sunday.
Later in the day, three more militants were killed, according to the National Counter-Terrorist Committee press-center.
The firefight between police and the militants started on early Sunday morning in woodland adjacent to Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, where counter-terrorist operation was announced on Saturday.
A unit searching a territory near the city spotted a group of militants in a dug-out. The special unit blocked the area and surrounded the bunker. The militants were advised to surrender but the special forces were met with gunfire from automatic weapons and grenades.
The first skirmish with the militants resulted in reported five dead among the group. Later on, the number of deceased terrorists grew to eleven, National Counter-Terrorist Committee reports.
