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| 2006-04-12 |
| A firefight between police and suspected militants on Tuesday left one officer and two rebels dead, officials said, as violence continued to afflict the region surrounding Chechnya. Two other policemen were hospitalized in a grave condition and a third suspected rebel was wounded, said Roman Shchekotin, spokesman for the Interior MinistryÂ’s branch in southern Russia. The armed clash took place in Nazran, the main city in Ingushetia. The official said ammunition and automatic weapons had been discovered in the militantsÂ’ hideout - a house near a school. He identified the two dead suspected militants as brothers Umar and Magomed Barchishvili, residents of Ingushetia, who were wanted for their involvement in several attacks. The third gunman, named as Ali Gazgireyev, was under guard in a hospital, the official said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |