By REUTERS
MOSCOW - Russian security forces killed four militants but lost one of their own in a firefight on Monday in Ingushetia, where an Islamist insurgency has spread from the neighboring region of Chechnya, officials said.More than a decade after Moscow reasserted federal control over Chechnya following two separatist wars, it is still struggling to contain violence by insurgents seeking to carve out an Islamic state in nearby mainly Muslim provinces.Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) said the four militants were killed after they opened fired on security forces carrying out an operation in the village of Dolakovo near the provincial capital of Narzan."Two pistols, one of them with a silencer, and two homemade grenades were found at the site of the clashes," NAK said in a statement.One security officer was killed in the clashes, it said.
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