| As a result of special operations carried out in Chechnya on Friday, federal forces killed three gunmen, as well as found three bases and five caches with arms and ammunition belonging to gunmen. According to the headquarters, the success of the operations is explained by local residents’ help. In particular, thanks to their information the military made several ambushes in the Shali region en routes of gunmen’s possible movements. As the headquarters said, one of the bases found in the Kurchaloisky region which was used by illegal armed groups had five dugouts containing a food store, as well as arms and ammunition. All the bases and ammunition were destroyed. A base found in the village of Makhketa of the Vedeno region contained 15 kilograms of explosives and three homemade explosive devices. A lot of explosives - 19 kilograms of TNT and plastique were discovered in four caches situated in the Shelkovskoy, Shali and Vedeno regions of the republic. Besides, federal forces detained two gunmen in the Kurchaloyevsky region on Friday. |