192 militants killed in Russia’s North Caucasus in 2007
April 10th, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by adminRIA Novosti
Grozny (Russia), April 10 (RIA Novosti) A total of 192 militants and armed gang members were killed and more than 700 arrested in anti-terrorist operations in Russia’s North Caucasus last year, a deputy interior minister said Thursday. A total of 17 armed criminal groups were eliminated and 28 of their leaders were killed in the region during the year, Deputy Interior Minister Arkady Yedelev said.
According to police reports, some 103 militants have been arrested or killed in Chechnya since the start of this year.
Yedelev also said that the number of terrorist attacks had significantly reduced over the past year: “Last year 11 terrorist attacks were registered against 39 in 2006.”
He added that abductions in the republic had also decreased over the past two years, signaling a breakthrough in the situation surrounding kidnappings.
Although the active phase of the North Caucasus anti-terrorist campaign officially ended in 2001, periodic bombings and clashes between gunmen and federal troops still disrupt Chechnya and nearby regions, including Daghestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachayevo-Circassia.
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