RUSSIAN soldiers and police searched the city of Nalchik yesterday in the hunt for alleged Islamic militants who launched a series of fierce attacks that left at least 108 people dead.

Russian soldiers and police searched the city of Nalchik today in the hunt for alleged Islamic militants who launched a series of fierce attacks that left at least 108 people dead.

Militants launched simultaneous attacks on police and government buildings in one of the main cities in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region today, sparking battles involving heavy-arms fire and explosions that forced the evacuation of schools and left bodies in the streets.