ANKARA (AA) - Four insurgents and 3 police officers were killed in a gun battle in the Russian province of Dagestan on Wednesday.
The Interior Ministry announced a clash had erupted at the central district of Levashinsky in the early hours of the day.
Zalimkhan Rabadanov -- the self-styled leader of an insurgent group in Levashinsky -- were among militants killed in the firefight.
Russia's security forces are fighting against the "Caucasus Emirate" insurgents who aim to establish an independent and united Islamic state across North Caucasus.
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