GROZNY: Five Russian soldiers were killed on Thursday in the war-torn republic of Chechnya, while two police officers from the interior ministry's forces were killed in neighbouring Ingushetia, police said.The soldiers were burned alive when the vehicle they were travelling in exploded in Chechnya's second biggest town, Gudermes. The vehicle veered off the road, crashed into an electricity pole, overturned and caught fire, the interior ministry's press service said.
| “Apparently their ammunition exploded," the ministry said...” |
Separately, local police said two officers from the interior ministry forces were shot in the unstable North Caucasian republic of Ingushetia on the road to its capital Nazran. Their car was sprayed with bullets by gunmen in a passing car. A third police officer escaped.