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| 2004-02-01 |
| Rebels ambushed a Russian military convoy and fired on federal outposts in Russia’s breakaway region of Chechnya, killing at least seven servicemen and wounding six in the previous 24 hours, an official in the Kremlin-backed Chechen administration said Saturday. Four servicemen were killed and three were wounded as rebels attacked military outposts 15 times over the past day, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Rebels also ambushed a military convoy as it traveled near the village of Chiri-Yurt in the southern Shali region on Friday, killing two servicemen and wounding two. A Russian sapper was killed and another was injured when a mine exploded as they attempted to defuse it in the Grozny outskirts on Friday, the Chechen official said. Russian forces used heavy artillery to shell suspected rebel bases and groups of rebels in the Nozhai-Yurt and Vedeno regions in the previous 24 hours, the Chechen official said. At least 170 people were also detained during security sweeps aimed at flushing out rebel support. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |