At least Six Russian servicemen have been killed and several more injured in a militant attack on a Russian National Guard base in Chechen Republic, .

According to a statement posted on the Russian National Guard website, a group of armed militants attempted to enter the territory of one of the military camps near the village of Naurskaya.

The National Anti-terrorism Committee said, the militant group was spotted by an army detachment, which confronted it and all the six attackers were killed.