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| Caucasus |
| Caucasus Corpse Count |
| 2004-05-03 |
| At least 17 Russian servicemen and local policemen died in skirmishes and explosions staged by militants in Chechnya region in the last 24 hours. Reports said seven servicemen were killed and two soldiers were injured in three separate clashes with militants in the Nozhai-Yurt and Kurchaloi district of Chechnya on Saturday. Seven militants were also killed in the clashes. Two Chechen presidential guards were killed and two were wounded in a clash near the village of Tsentoroi in the Kurchaloi district on Sunday, while another presidential guard was killed in Grozny when the car he was travelling in hit a mine early on Sunday. A local police officer was killed in a clash near the village of Kharachoi in the Vedeno district, which also killed two militants. In response, Russian aviation and artillery attacked suspected militant bases in the Itum-Kale, Vedeno, Kurchaloi, Nozhai-Yurt and Gudermes districts of Chechnya. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |