Moscow, Rajab 25, 1435, May 24, 2014, SPA -- Seven militants in the North Caucasus province of Ingushetia were killed in a three-hour gun battle with Russian security forces after which their hide-out was consumed by fire, the Russian authorities said on Saturday. According to Reuters, among the dead was the leader of a local militant group accused of being behind the killing of a regional security chief last year and the deaths of several other Russian security and police officers. --SPA 22:27 LOCAL TIME 19:27 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w