| Federal troops have destroyed about ten Chechen rebels near the village of Makazhoi. A military spokesman told Itar-Tass on Wednesday that a helicopter equipped with an infrared imager rocketed the rebel group. Army aviation has flown 43 sorties over the past 24 hours, transporting 185 people and 25 tonnes of cargoes. Police have detained four rebels who were complicit in a fire attack on a check post in the Urus-Martan district and setting off an explosive device in Grozny, leaving three policemen with injuries. |