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Russian forces kill 5 in Ingushetia rebel operation

Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:34am EDT
NAZRAN , Russia, June 11 (Reuters) - Russian special forces killed five people, including one woman, in an operation against insurgents in the southern region of Ingushetia on Wednesday, a spokesman at the Ingush interior ministry said.

Special forces surrounded a house in the village of Karabulak, about 10 kilometres (6 miles) north east of the main city of Nazran, and attacked when the rebels refused to surrender, the spokesman said.

Russian forces have been combating a growing insurgency in mainly Muslim Ingushetia. The region borders Chechnya, where a pro-Kremlin local commander has dampened a rebellion Russia has been fighting since 1994.

Violence flares up almost daily in Ingushetia, where insurgents have killed officials, bombs target military convoys and gunmen kill civilians. (Writing by James Kilner in Moscow)

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