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said.Fierce fighting had erupted earlier on Tuesday near the region"s largest city, Nazran, when a group of heavily armed militants were holed up in several houses and refused to surrender.
According to police, the militants had been involved in recent attacks on law enforcement officials, and planted bombs near police headquarters in Ingushetia.
Russia"s mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately, with frequent attacks on police and officials.
The Kremlin has pledged to wage "a ruthless fight" against militant groups but also acknowledged a need to tackle unemployment, organized crime, clan rivalry and corruption as causes of the ongoing violence in the region.
Moscow announced an end to its decade-long antiterrorism campaign against separatists in Chechnya in April 2009, but has since had to step up the fight against militants as skirmishes and
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