"The group consisted of four residents of Ingushetia and had been created for committing crimes against government officials, law enforcers and supporters of traditional Islam," the committee said. "All the members of the gang were detained in the operation."
In the Nazran region, huge caches of weapons were found and eliminated.
"Out of them were confiscated three SVU short sniper rifles ready for use, Kalashnikov assault rifles, silenced guns (with some of foreign make) and over 2,000 ammunition to the small arms," the NAC official said.
Investigative activities and a search operation are ongoing.
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