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According to the National Anti-terror Committee, Russian Police have killed a senior Islamist militant in a shootout in Russia's North Caucasus ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The shooting of Eldar Magatov, a suspect in numerous attacks on Russian targets, at a house where he had taken refuge in the Dagestan region was part of an intensifying security clampdown as the Games approach.
President Vladimir Putin has staked his political reputation on organising a successful Olympics and tightened security nationwide after insurgents who hope to create an Islamist state in the North Caucasus threatened to attack the Games.
In a video published on Monday, two men suspected to be members of an Islamist militant group that carried out twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month, warned Putin to expect more attacks if the Games go ahead in Sochi.
The attacks in Volgograd led to the death of at least 34 persons and raised security fears before the Olympics, which open on Feb. 7 in Sochi.
The shooting of Eldar Magatov, a suspect in numerous attacks on Russian targets, at a house where he had taken refuge in the Dagestan region was part of an intensifying security clampdown as the Games approach.
President Vladimir Putin has staked his political reputation on organising a successful Olympics and tightened security nationwide after insurgents who hope to create an Islamist state in the North Caucasus threatened to attack the Games.
In a video published on Monday, two men suspected to be members of an Islamist militant group that carried out twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month, warned Putin to expect more attacks if the Games go ahead in Sochi.
The attacks in Volgograd led to the death of at least 34 persons and raised security fears before the Olympics, which open on Feb. 7 in Sochi.
