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05Apr16

Counter-terror operation regime introduced in part of district in Russia's Dagestan

A counter-terror operation regime was introduced in the small hours of Tuesday in a part of the mountainous Kurakh district in the south of the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, a spokesman for the regional branch of Russia's National Antiterrorist Committee told TASS.

"At 06:00 hours local time [05:00 hours Moscow Standard Time or 02:00 hours GMT], the counter-terror operation regime was declared in the part of the Kurakh district between the townships of Kabir, Ikra, and Rugun and Mount Yarkhiguneikil," he said. "The mopping-up in a search for militants is underway there."

[Source: Itar Tass, Makhachkala, 05Apr16]
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