Russian forces rescue siege battle police
Security forces today freed an unspecified number of police officers from a police station where they had been caught in a battle with Islamic extremists, while security forces stormed a store held by the last rebel holdouts in Nalchik, the regional president’s press service said.
The ITAR-Tass news agency said three rebels in a souvenir store near the regional headquarters of the Federal Security Service, which was being stormed, were holding two hostages.
