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Caucasus
Chechen war continues in Moscow suburb
2003-11-04
Two Chechens picked exactly the wrong time, the wrong place and the wrong person for their attempted heist on a cash exchange near Moscow last Wednesday. 21-year-old cash in transit officer Andrei Kotenkov, having recently returned from Chechnya where he did his military service, also receiving a medal for courage, did not hesitate in returning fire on the Chechen robber who had shot his colleague whilst trying to rob the exchange office they had just collected the takings from in Istra near Moscow. The failed heist occurred when the security officers were collecting the day’s takings. As the 45-year-old cash collector was returning to the security van, a young man of southern appearance fired at him three times, hitting him once in the shoulder, and lightly wounding him in the neck. The veteran Kotenkov fired back, as the robber turned and ran towards the car where his partner in crime was waiting for him. However he was not quite as lucky as the security officer, as the bullet hit him squarely in the back.
"Shucks, Igor! This is like being back in Grozny!"
The police were immediately informed of the incident, and quite amazingly the operation to apprehend the second criminal was successful, as several minutes after the attack traffic police stopped the car at a check point after seeing the vehicle’s description on the wanted list. The driver was apparently driving slowly along the road looking for his wounded friend.
"Tall young feller? Dark hair, olive complexion? Got a hole in his back and knobs all over his head?" Yeah. I think I mighta seen him..."
Both of the robbers were natives of Grozny, and local investigators have serious grounds for the assumption that one of the criminals fought against federal troops in Chechnya. Investigators are also looking into the possibility that the two may have been involved in other armed attacks on exchange offices in Moscow region.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  So, "Dumb and Dumber live in Grozny and visited the big city. Which of them died? Hard to say from the report of the event...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-11-4 7:27:11 PM  

#4  Steve, are you going to attend the ChicagoBoyz blogger bash on the 15th???

I'm going to try.
Posted by: Anonymous-not above   2003-11-4 12:59:29 PM  

#3  I'm glad that our WOT hasn't become a shootout in DC. I appreciate the sacrifice of those deployed who are keeping the WOT overseas so that I only have the worry about meth freaks and crackheads when I go to the ATM.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-11-4 11:51:08 AM  

#2  ...You don't curse when you round a corner and see one of them pointing a radar gun at you - you duck!
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-4 11:17:40 AM  

#1   ...several minutes after the attack traffic police ...

The "attack" traffic police? I want these guys in Chicago -- my morning commute would be faster! and more interesting.
Posted by: Steve White   2003-11-4 12:23:41 AM  

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