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Clash between Russian security forces and Ingush militants in Karabulak

2024 Karabulak clash
Part of the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus

Bed sheets tied together, along which the militants tried to escape.
Date2–3 March 2024
LocationKarabulak, Ingushetia, Russia
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia Russia Islamic State Islamic State – Caucasus Province (Russian claim)
Units involved
Ingush militant cell
Casualties and losses
3 police officers wounded (allegedly) 5–6 militants killed
1 civilian killed (allegedly)

The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants, claimed by Russian authorities to be affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.

Timeline

A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022, barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces. Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak, and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school.

By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed, though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed.

See also

References

  1. ^ Alleged IS militants in Russia’s North Caucasus were killed in a shootout with security services, Associated Press Archived 3 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine, 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ Russian Officials Say 6 Gunmen Killed In Ingushetia Shoot-Out, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Archived 4 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine, 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ В Ингушетии полиция вступила в перестрелку с неизвестными, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Archived 4 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine, 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024.
  4. Six militants killed in special operation in Russia's Ingushetia region - TASS, Reuters, Archived 4 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine, 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024.
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