Federal forces eliminated a group of guerillas in a mountainous area of southwestern Chechnya, a spokesman for the federal forces in the North Caucasus, Maj. Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, told Interfax on Thursday. In the course of a reconnaissance operation, a federal unit spotted a guerilla camp near Tangi-Chu in the Urus-Martan district, Shabalkin said. As the camp was far away from the nearest community, federal forces decided to strike it with mortar fire. Following the bombardment, servicemen discovered the remains of six guerillas, weapons, ammunition, and camping gear at the scene.
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The servicemen assumed that some of the guerillas might have survived the attack and fled. Measures are being taken to hunt them down, Shabalkin said. |