MOSCOW: At least four police officers were killed and 11 injured during a special police operation in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a security official said.
The operation has been conducted since early morning in the mountainous area of the Vedensky district in southern Chechnya.
Four militants were also killed in a skirmish, the source said.
"The search for remaining militants will resume in the morning," he added. (QNA)