Mahachkala, Russia, July 6, SPA -- Police killed two gunmen Wednesday in an early-morning shootout in the troubledsouthern Russian region of Dagestan, authorities said. Abystander also was killed, police said. The shootout began around 7 a.m. when police went to atwo-storey brick building in the capital, Makhachkala, tosearch a building suspected of housing gunmen, said MarinaRiasulova, a spokeswoman for the city's Interior Ministry. As police approached the house, at least five gunmeninside opened fire with automatic weapons and policereturned fire in a shootout that lasted nearly two hours,authorities said. A witness who had accompanied police was shot and killedin the crossfire. One police officer and at least two ofthe gunmen were wounded. Two other gunmen escaped.--SPA1339 Local Time 1039 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/274985