The authorities identified the foreign fighter as Abu Havs, and said he was a leading Al-Qaeda representative.
He was killed, along with four accomplices, in a four-hour battle in the town of Khasavyurt.
(AP, AFP)
(RFE/RL) November 26, 2006 -- Russian security forces say they killed five people, including a Jordanian fighter, in a clash in the southern republic of Daghestan today.
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