One serviceman died and another six were injured in clash with militants in Russia`s North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a police source said.

Police located a group of up to 20 militants in a forest in Ingushetia`s Sunzha district on Tuesday.

One gunman was killed in the shootout. His body is being identified.

Russia`s North Caucasus has seen an upsurge in violence of late, with the killing of Daghestan`s Interior Minister Adilgerei Magomedtagirov and an assassination attempt on the Ingush President Yunus-bek Yevkurov last month.
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