Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Russia

Putin Concerned About Stability In Daghestan

The scene of a bombing in Makhachkala earlier this month

14 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said today his government will stabilize the situation in Daghestan, where police have come increasingly under attack.

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July 14, 2005

Putin was visiting security agencies and border guards near the southern city of Astrakhan.

Earlier, Interior Ministry spokesman Khabib Magomedov said that police -- acting on a tip -- had raided a house in the capital, Makhachkala.

"Dagestani law-enforcement officers conducted a search operation together with subunits sent over here to the Daghestani Interior Ministry," Magomedov said. "As a result of the operation, one militant was killed and several people were detained."

He said three police officers were wounded in the operation.

A radical Islamic group -- the Shariat Islamic Djamaat of Daghestan -- has threatened in a website posting to extend its attacks to family members of police.

(AP/ITAR-TASS)

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