The 2024 Karabulak clash was a deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. The incident was the most significant clash in years regarding the Islamic insurgencies in the North Caucasus.
Timeline A cell of six militants, of whom half were wanted by Russian authorities for a previous attack in 2022, barricaded themselves in a third-floor apartment, engaging in a lengthy firefight with Russian special forces.В Ингушетии полиция вступила в перестрелку с неизвестными, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, , 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024. Small-arms fire and explosives were exchanged between government and militant forces for hours continuously. A counter-terrorism operation regime was declared in Karabulak,Six militants killed in special operation in Russia's Ingushetia region - TASS, Reuters, , 3 March 2024. Accessed 4 March 2024. and the surrounding streets were consequently blocked off, as residents of the apartment complex were evacuated to a nearby school.
By noon of 3 March, TASS reported that the firefight was effectively over and that the militants were all killed, though Russian independent sources claimed that government forces also sustained casualties, and a bystander was killed.
See also 2014 Karlanyurt clash
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