Russian federal forces together with Chechen law enforcement agencies are carrying out an operation in a mountainous region in eastern Chechnya to surround a guerilla unit that killed policemen in the community of Ishkhoi-Yurt and on a road running from this village to Meskety early Tuesday. Spokesman for the regional operational headquarters for the antiterrorist operation in the North Caucasus Col. Ilya Shabalkin told Interfax on Wednesday that various federal units were brought in to surround and wipe out the guerillas immediately after they killed the policemen.
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"Intelligence information indicates that the guerillas suffered considerable losses during the pursuit, but exact information about the number of guerillas killed is so far unavailable and will be known only after the area is examined," Shabalkin said. Reports about the policemen killed by the rebels are also conflicting. It is also known that guerillas burnt down five houses in Ishkhoi-Yurt and vandalized other houses belonging to local residents. |