In Chechnya, security forces have killed nine suspected militants in two separate clashes, the strongman leader of the Russian region said today. Ramzan Kadyrov said on Instagram that a group of gunmen attempted to launch attacks on police in the provincial capital, Grozny. <br/><br/>During the overnight clash, they fired at police who tried to stop their vehicle. Police killed four gunmen and captured two others, who have been taken to a hospital.<br/><br/>Later in the day, security forces tracked down another group of gunmen and killed five of them in a clash on the outskirts of Grozny, Kadyrov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying.<br/><br/>The Kremlin has relied on Kadyrov to stabilize Chechnya after two separatist wars.