The Reuters website reports that Russian security forces killed five Islamist rebels suspected of plotting suicide attacks in the capital of the republic of Ingushetia today (April 3, 2012), according to Russia's anti-terrorism committee (NAK).
The NAK statement said the rebels opened fire on security forces after they attempted to stop their car. It said all five were killed in the shooting.
NAK also said that two of the rebels wore belts loaded with explosives, which are used by suicide bombers.
More than a decade after federal troops toppled an Islamist government in Chechnya, security forces are fighting militants in a region-wide insurgency, fueled by anger at poverty, clan feuds, and corruption.
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