The death toll in the rebel attacks on Nazran, Karbulak and the Ordzhonikizovskaya settlement is still unclear. According to preliminary information, 56 people died in the attacks, officials in the republic’s Interior Ministry said.

Among the victims are 21 officers of the Ingush Interior Ministry, 11 policemen from the Kursk region, 8 officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia, four soldiers, two Chechen policemen, two policemen from the Samara region, five prosecutors and three local officials.

More than 50 people were injured. Seven people are in serious condition. The building of the Nazran Interior Department was burnt to the ground, the headquarters of the Nazran border guard unit and police headquarters in Karabulak were partly burnt. The bandits disrupted telephone service and captured a lot of weapons and munitions.

The situation in the republic is quiet, it is controlled by law enforcement agencies. Security has been tightened in the area.

Several people were detained on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the Monday attacks, Rossiya television reported. “There are people, there are concrete names. They have been detained,” Ingush President Murat Zyazikov told reporters.

At a meeting with top security officials on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the rebels involved in Monday’s attacks should be found and killed. “Find and kill them; capture them alive if possible and put them on trial,” he said.