Russian forces search city for hiding rebels

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.

Russian forces search city for hiding rebels

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.

Authorities claimed that all pockets of active fighting had been put down a day after the attacks on the Caucasus Mountains city began, but there was concern that fighters could have melted into the civilian population to regroup.

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