[Interfax] On Sunday, a member of an illegal armed Islamist group was neutralized in a counter-terrorist operation conducted by Russian security forces in a suburb of Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala, an informed source said.The source said, "Law enforcers have liquidated a militant who opened fire on them resisting arrest. He is already identified. He turned out an active member of a local jihadist armed group."
The armed group is thought to be either Al-Qaeda-affiliated Imarat Kavkaz (Caucasus Emirate), or Vilayat Dagestan which is a local ISIS affiliate.