Ingush president says some 30 militants still active in republic
07:59 14/12/2010 MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Over 30 militants are still registered as active in Ingushetia, the president of the North Caucasus republic said.
President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who was a victim of a terrorist attack against him last year, said various media sources place the number of active militants in the republic between 40 and 60.
"However, the real data, proved by our observations and police information, is about 30," he said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily.
"Unfortunately, they have supporters. They [supporters] are not taking part in armed actions, but they supply the militants with weapons and food," Yevkurov added.
Yevkurov was badly injured on June 22, 2009, when his motorcade was hit by a car packed with explosives driven by a suicide bomber.
Russia's North Caucasus republics, in particular, Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia, have seen a dramatic rise in militant activity of late, with attacks on police, federal forces and officials reported almost daily.
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