[UPI] Russia's National Antiterrorism Committee (NAK) said security forces killed eight Daesh militants Sunday, and six other Islamist militants on Monday. Both incidents occurred in the Northern Caucasus region. In a statement, NAK said,"According to information available to the security services, the militants killed in [Sunday's] operation had recently pledged allegiance and became members of the Islamic State (IS), an international terrorist organization. All of them were complicit in a number of crimes of a terrorist nature, including the killings of law enforcement officers and the extortion of money from entrepreneurs."
Sunday's violence took place in the republic of Ingushetia, while Monday's incident took place in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Reports say Adam Tagilov, accused by of organizing an assault last year in Grozny which claimed more than 20 militants and policemen, was among those killed in the special operations.