Reports from Russia say five people, including a village leader, have been killed in separate shoot-outs in Daghestan.
Interfax quoted police as saying assailants gunned down Rasul Magomedov, the head of the Chernyaevka village in the north of the region, outside his home.
Earlier, a police officer was reported killed and four civilians wounded when gunmen opened fire on a bus.
Meanwhile, RIA Novosti news agency reported that three soliders were killed in a gunbattle about 40 kilometers southwest of Daghestan's capital, Makhachkala.
Moscow is trying to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in its North Caucasus republics.
compiled from Reuters reports
Interfax quoted police as saying assailants gunned down Rasul Magomedov, the head of the Chernyaevka village in the north of the region, outside his home.
Earlier, a police officer was reported killed and four civilians wounded when gunmen opened fire on a bus.
Meanwhile, RIA Novosti news agency reported that three soliders were killed in a gunbattle about 40 kilometers southwest of Daghestan's capital, Makhachkala.
Moscow is trying to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in its North Caucasus republics.
compiled from Reuters reports
