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| Russia terror arrests: Two suspects 'carrying explosives' killed in central city, authorities claim | Russia terror arrests: Two suspects 'carrying explosives' killed in central city, authorities claim |
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| Russian security forces shot dead two suspected terrorists carrying explosives in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported. | Russian security forces shot dead two suspected terrorists carrying explosives in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian news agencies reported. |
| An explosion during the operation injured two special police officers, while a third suspect was captured alive, reports citing law enforcement sources said. | An explosion during the operation injured two special police officers, while a third suspect was captured alive, reports citing law enforcement sources said. |
| "Law enforcement officers stopped a car, two suspects resisted arrest and were liquidated on the spot. Explosives were found in the car," TASS state news agency quoted a source as saying. | |
| The special operation is reportedly taking place in a residential area of Nizhny Novgorod, an industrial city on the banks of the Volga River, around 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Moscow. | |
| A law enforcement source told RIA Novosti: "They have shot dead two [people] suspected of terrorism. They were driving in a Daewoo Nexia car. Now FSB (security force) officers are working at the scene." | |
| Local media posted photographs from social networking sites apparently showing two bodies lying on the ground close to a car with doors open, as vehicles and security officers block the nearby road in a suburb called Tsvety. | |
| A robotic device can also be seen in the photograph. TASS reported that the anti-mine robot was used to neutralise an explosive device in the car. | |
| A law enforcement source quoted by TASS named those killed as "members of illegal armed groups," a term also used by officials to describe Islamist insurgents in the North Caucasus. | |
| There was no immediate official confirmation of the reports. | |
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