"The militants were ordered to give up their weapons and surrender, to which they refused and opened fire on law enforcement officers," Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement carried by state news agency TASS.
"Kaujiniekiem tika pavēlēts nolikt ieročus un padoties, ko viņi noraidīja un atklāja uguni uz likumsargiem," aģentūra TASS citēja Krievijas Nacionālās pretterorisma komitejas paziņojumu.