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20 Killed in Ingushetia

At least 17 rebels and three law enforcement officers were killed Monday in clashes at a suspected terrorist camp in Ingushetia, RIA-Novosti reported.

Air and ground strikes were carried out in connection with an ongoing search for people involved in a January bomb blast at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport that killed 37. "According to preliminary data, at least 17 militants have been killed … and two suspects in the Domodedovo blast have been detained," said Nikolai Sentsov, a spokesman for the National Anti-Terror Committee, RIA-Novosti reported. Two Federal Security Service officers and a police officer were killed, the report said.


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