 On 30 April, their corpses were found near the village of Dargo, reportedly beheaded.Meanwhile, three officers from the elite unit Alpha Group of the FSB were killed by a land mine during the search for the hostages.Mikhail Labunets, commander of the North Caucasus Internal Troops District, accused an airborne regiment stationed in Vedeno of failing to come to the rescue and said it was almost impossible for OMON units to secure proper air and fire support because of the long-standing enmity between the federal army and the police.