| Rebel attacks killed five Russian soldiers and two policemen in Chechnya over the past day, an official in the Kremlin-backed administration in the warring republic said Thursday. Three of the soldiers died and 10 were wounded in attacks on Russian military positions, the official said on condition of anonymity. Two other soldiers were killed when a military truck was blown up near the village of Nozhai-Yurt and two policemen died when assailants opened fire in the Chechen capital Grozny, he said. |