| Seven rebels have been killed and one detained in a search in the mountains in southwest Chechnya, a source in the Urus-Martan interior department told Interfax on Saturday. "Special troops and the personnel of a south Russian police department besieged a rebel group during a search effort and tried to detain them. The rebels offered resistance and seven of them were killed at the scene. They are now being identified," the source said. Another rebel was detained during the pursuit of the remainder of the group. He is being interrogated to establish his accomplices. The source said two servicemen were slightly injured in the clash. |