At least 18 die as militants Muslim terrorists, police clash in southern Russia

At least 18 die as militants Muslim terorrists, police clash in southern Russia

MOSCOW, Feb. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 12 militants Muslim terrorists and six police were killed on Friday during clashes that broke out when police and special forces stormed a rebel Muslim terrorist hideout in southern Russia, police said.

About 300 police and special forces troops stormed the (Muslim) gunmen's hideout in the village of Tukui-Mekteb in the Stavropol region, north of Chechnya, Friday morning, police spokesman Vasily Panchenkov was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

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