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| Caucasus |
| And another Caucasus Corpse Count |
| 2004-06-20 |
| welve Russian soldiers and police officers were killed in rebel attacks and land mine explosions in Chechnya over the past day, an official in the Moscow-backed Chechen administration said Sunday. Seven of the soldiers died and nine others were injured in 20 rebel attacks on federal positions over the previous 24 hours, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. In Achkhoi-Martan, southwest of Grozny, the Chechen capital, two soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a shootout with rebels who raided the local police station and set free all those detained. It was the second such raid in three days, the official said. In Grozny, two police offices were shot and killed Saturday when the occupants of a passing car opened fire on them with automatic weapons. Another police officer was killed and one wounded when their car struck a land mine in the capital, the official said. Russian forces used artillery to barrage suspected rebel camps in Chechnya’s forested mountains, and Russian forces detained at least 220 residents since Saturday on suspicion of rebel links. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |