A Russian counter-intelligence source cited by Interfax on August 5 reported that Chechen guerrillas are planning an attack on the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. The raid is allegedly being organized by Jordanian militant leader Khatab and may include 1,000 heavily armed Chechens who plan to take civilian hostages and demand of Moscow that Chechnya become an independent republic. Dagestani security official Akhmednab Magdigadzhiyev told Interfax that he had similar information concerning an attack planned for the end of September. On August 4, in response to a guerrilla offensive, Russian Interior Ministry troops commander Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov ordered the 102nd Brigade to relocate from Makhachkala into the mountains bordering Chechnya. An estimated 80- to 150-member force of Chechen guerrillas reportedly attacked Agvali, the administrative center of the Tsumadinsky district. Four Dagestani policemen were killed, five were wounded and three are missing and suspected taken hostage. The Chechen loss was estimated at seven.