Putin was visiting security agencies and border guards near the southern city of Astrakhan.
Earlier, Interior Ministry spokesman Khabib Magomedov said that police -- acting on a tip -- had raided a house in the capital, Makhachkala.
"Dagestani law-enforcement officers conducted a search operation together with subunits sent over here to the Daghestani Interior Ministry," Magomedov said. "As a result of the operation, one militant was killed and several people were detained."
He said three police officers were wounded in the operation.
A radical Islamic group -- the Shariat Islamic Djamaat of Daghestan -- has threatened in a website posting to extend its attacks to family members of police.
(AP/ITAR-TASS)
See also:
Anatomy Of A Permanent Crisis
Earlier, Interior Ministry spokesman Khabib Magomedov said that police -- acting on a tip -- had raided a house in the capital, Makhachkala.
"Dagestani law-enforcement officers conducted a search operation together with subunits sent over here to the Daghestani Interior Ministry," Magomedov said. "As a result of the operation, one militant was killed and several people were detained."
He said three police officers were wounded in the operation.
A radical Islamic group -- the Shariat Islamic Djamaat of Daghestan -- has threatened in a website posting to extend its attacks to family members of police.
(AP/ITAR-TASS)
See also:
Anatomy Of A Permanent Crisis