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Caucasus Corpse Count
Rebels in Chechnya killed nine Russian soldiers in separate attacks, an official with the Kremlin-backed Chechen administration said yesterday. Five died when rebels shelled Russian outposts across the region. A further four were killed when Russian military convoys hit landmines near the town of Shali and the village of Tangi-Chu in Chechnya’s southern mountains. In Chechnya’s capital, Grozny, rebels clashed with pro-Moscow police officers on Monday, wounding two of them. One rebel was killed in the clash. In Dagestan, which borders Chechnya to the east, a Federal Security Bureau officer was wounded on Monday after an attack on his car. He is said to be in a grave condition in hospital. Unidentified attackers also blew up the house of a police official in Ingushetia, a province west of Chechnya. The man was unhurt. It was unclear whether the violence in Dagestan and Ingushetia on Monday was linked to the Chechnya war.
My guess would be that it was...
Russian forces launched artillery barrages on suspected rebel camps in Chechnya’s southern mountains and conducted security sweeps in which at least 220 people were detained.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-02-04
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