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| Caucasus |
| Caucasus Corpse Count |
| 2004-06-20 |
| Seven Russian soldiers and police officers were killed in rebel attacks in Chechnya over the past day, an official in the Moscow-backed Chechen administration said Saturday. Four of the soldiers died and six others were wounded in 14 rebel raids on Russian outposts over the previous 24 hours, the official said on condition of anonymity. In the Chechen capital, Grozny, a police officer was killed and another was wounded late Friday when unidentified attackers fired at a checkpoint. In the eastern city of Gudermes, two police officers were found dead Saturday after being kidnapped by unidentified abductors the previous day. The federal artillery on Saturday barraged suspected rebel camps in Chechnya’s forested mountains, and Russian forces detained at least 280 residents on suspicion of rebel links since Friday. Alu Alkhanov, a top candidate to succeed Kadyrov in August’s election, promised Saturday to help deliver compensations to the residents of Chechnya for their housing lost in the war. Alkhanov, the interior minister in the Moscow-backed government of Chechnya, said on the Echo of Moscow radio that a public council would oversee the distribution of funds to prevent abuses. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |