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| 2005-09-11 |
| Two Russian soldiers and a Chechen police officer were killed and eight others injured in clashes with separatist fighters in Chechnya, an official from the pro-Russian administration said yesterday. One soldier was killed and three others wounded in seven skirmishes with guerillas in the past 24 hours, while a soldier was killed and another injured after their four-wheel-drive vehicle came under fire near the southeastern town of Bamut. Four other soldiers were injured in an explosion while carrying out mine-sweeping operations in the eastern town of Alleroi, the official said. The bullet-riddled body of a Chechen police officer was also found yesterday on the outskirts of Urus-Martan, south of the capital Grozny. Two roadside explosions in Russia's Ingushetia region near Chechnya injured a police officer yesterday, and a separate blast targeted a major regional gas pipeline, regional officials said. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |