(Itar-Tass) - Law-enforcement bodies have identified all the four militants destroyed in a special operation in Grozny's Staropromyslovsky district. "Active participants in illegal paramilitary formations have been destroyed - the so-called emir of the village of Belgatoi, Shali District, Uvais Techiyev, 24, Khalid Sultanov, 25 and Zama Mantsuyeva, 19. The identity of the fourth militant is being ascertained," the Interior Ministry's press service reporting on Chechnya, told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. The fourth militant is Ruslan Isayev, a 29-year-old resident of the village of Sernovodskoye, Sunzha District. A special task force police officer was wounded in the shootout.
Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov praised the operation. Prior to the shooting, police sealed off the house where the gang had holed up, and evacuated residents of the neighboring houses. This helped avoid casualties among civilians," Chechen police said.