Russia resistance 'suppressed'

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Russia resistance 'suppressed'

Friday, October 14, 2005;

Posted: 1:40 p.m. EDT (17:40 GMT)

 

CNN) -- A day after more than

100 militants attacked city buildings and took hostages in the southern Russian

city of Nalchik, sparking bloody clashes with police, an area official declared

Friday the resistance had been suppressed and all hostages freed, according to

the Interfax news agency.

The regional headquarters of the Federal Service for

Corrective Institutions was cleared of militants, Valery Krayev, acting deputy

head of the service, told the news agency. Interfax initially reported two

militants had been found there, but later said 12 had been killed.

Authorities do not know how many militants may remain in Nalchik, Oleg Shandirov, head of

the presidential administration of Kabardino-Balkariya, told Interfax. Some may

be trying to pose as civilians.

None have tried to escape from the city, he told Interfax,

as it has been sealed off by law enforcement and military authorities.

Earlier on Friday, Russian special forces lifted the

blockade around the building and freed nine people, Valery Krayev, acting

deputy head of the Federal Service for Corrective Institutions told the news

agency.

Earlier Friday, Russian forces killed eight militants and

freed five hostages who had been held in a police station, Interfax reported.

Hostages were also freed from a Nalchik souvenir shop and their captors eliminated, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Russia's deputy prosecutor, told the news agency.

The hostages from the police station were freed Friday after

a vehicle with the hostages and militants inside left the precinct escorted by

police cars, Interfax said, quoting a spokesman for the Interior Ministry of Kabardino-Balkariya.

" In a street crossing the driver lost control over the

vehicle and it drove into a tree, " the spokesman said. " At that

moment, the armed part of the operation began. "

An estimated 150 militants attacked the

city in the Kabardino-Balkariya on Thursday, officials told Interfax. The regional interior minister told Interfax

about 91 have been killed, 36 detained

and 9 have been charged.

Twenty-four members of law enforcement

died -- 18 police officers, two Interior

Troops, two Federal Security Service officers, one border guard and one officer

from the Federal Service for Corrective Institutions, the interior ministry

spokesman told the news agency. In addition, 58 were hospitalized with

injuries, he said.

Interfax reported between 14 and 24 civilians were killed

and 120 were wounded.

As of Friday, 97 people remained hospitalized for injuries

suffered during the siege, a Russian Health Ministry spokesman told the news

agency.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/14/russia.attack/index.html

 

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