Georgian policeman, three terrorism suspects killed in police operation - state security

Members of Georgian security forces attend an operation to apprehend people who according to local media are suspected of terrorism, in Tbilisi, Georgia November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

TBILISI (Reuters) - One Georgian special forces serviceman and three members of an armed group suspected of terrorism were killed on Wednesday in a police operation against the group on the outskirts of the capital Tbilisi, state security said.

Four other police were wounded and one member of the criminal group was arrested during the 20-hour operation at a residential block where the group was thought to be hiding.