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| Caucasus Corpse Count |
| 2004-04-15 |
| Scouts of federal troops are continuing the search for one of bands of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev that attacked the village of Ishkhoi-Yurt on Tuesday, army spokesman Colonel Ilya Shabalkin told Itar-Tass. âYesterday a fire strike was dealt to the bandits. Escaping from the pursuit â and there were about 30 of them, they broke into small groups and are moving in the direction of Daghestan,â he said. The rebels wore uniforms of servicemen of federal troops. Leaving Ishkhoi-Yurt, they burned down their three minibuses and went into the woodland. Three Chechen policemen died and three were injured in a clash with the band. Troops blocked the woodland near the village. Local residents said the band incurred losses in killed and wounded. Another rebel group shot up a police jeep that rode on a road in the Nozhai-Yurt district. The attack left dead eight policemen, including a chief of the regional interior department, 36-year-old Lieutenant Alexander Ilyasov. Shabalkin said helicopters were used in the search for the bands in woodlands. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |