Makhachkala, Safar 16, 1434, Dec 29, 2012, SPA - Law enforcement officers have killed at least seven suspected militants in the republic of Dagestan, a law enforcement source said. The source said six of them had been killed during a police operation to storm an apartment where the suspects were blocked, RIA Novosti - the Russian News Agency reported. Earlier on Saturday, a spokesman for Dagestan’s Interior Ministry reported that on Friday evening, a man armed with two pistols “opened fire on police officers in the cordon and tried to break through to a house where militants were blocked,” adding that the attacker was killed by return fire. Two police officers were injured. --SPA 11:51 LOCAL TIME 08:51 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1063559