MOSCOW, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Police in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya killed six militants during a shootout Saturday, the republic's interior minister said.
"Operation information was received that a group of illegal armed unit members was hiding in a house in the Goity village. Policemen blocked the house, but the militants opened fire on the policemen," said Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov.
All of the militants were killed and five police officers were wounded during the hours-long shootout, he said.
The Kremlin in April formally ended an anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya, which has experienced two bloody separatist wars in the past 15 years.
The North Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan have seen a rise in daily violence in recent months.
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