In Ingushetia, the police engaged in a firefight with unknown persons

In the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia on Saturday evening, unknown persons engaged in a firefight with the police. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said that law enforcement officers are fighting “a group of militants planning terrorist-oriented crimes.”

On the video from the scene of the event, the sounds of single explosions and automatic bursts are heard, then a shell flies over the residential building, an explosion hits the footage, Kavkaz reports. Realities.

Special forces of the FSB of Russia blocked the militants, writes “Pyatiy Kanal” with reference to a source in the power structures of the region. The “Ingushetia Search” Telegram channel, close to the security forces, reports that militants have barricaded themselves in an apartment building on Oskanova Street and are fighting with special forces. Presumably, there are two of them in the building, the “Izvestia” publication notes with a reference to the source.

The head of Ingushetia, Mahmud-Aly Kalimatov, called on the residents of the region to remain calm and trust only official information.

In Karabulak, a regime of counter-terrorist operation was introduced. During its operation, law enforcement officers will conduct a mandatory document check, limit communication, set up roadblocks and get the right to “remove individuals from certain areas of the area” – that is, actually evict people from their homes, as well as seize the vehicles of organizations and restrict traffic on the streets. from the decision of the operational headquarters of Ingushetia.