Thenationalanti-terrorismcommitteesaysspecialforceskilled2militants and detainees and detained rather a third person during a raidin a town on theoutskirts of Moscow.
He says security forces where being extremely careful in launching the final raid because a suicide bomber was guarding the hostages in a corner of the building.
VOA: standard.2009.10.11
Two years later, militants shot down Black Hawk helicopters and killed American forces attempting to raid a warlord inthe capital of Mogadishu.