Rostov-on-Don, April 29, SPA -- Four alleged militants andone policeman were killed in a shootout in a predominantlyMuslim region of southern Russia on Friday, the InteriorMinistry said. The shootout began after Police in Nalchik, capital of theKabardino-Balkariya region, stopped a van to check thedriver's documents. Three men then stepped out of a nearbygarage and they and the van's driver opened fire on theofficers, said Alexei Polyansky, spokesman for the southernRussian branch of the ministry. Two other policeman were wounded in the shooting.Polyansky said the van blew up during the shootout, andthat some of the militants' bodies were badly burned.--SPA1243 Local Time 0943 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/258698