 Three policemen were killed and six Russian regular soldiers wounded in the latest fighting with separatist rebels in Chechnya, a local official said Monday. The six soldiers were injured during 16 separate assaults against military positions over the last 24 hours, the official in the pro-Russian Chechen government told AFP on condition of anonymity. Two policemen were killed when their vehicle came under fire in the Vedeno region, a mountainous rebel stronghold. The body of another policeman was found shot dead on the outskirts of Grozny, the official said. In another incident early Monday the occupants of a vehicle opened fire on a police checkpoint, wounding one policeman. The car was later found abandoned. Two rebels died, apparently while trying to lay explosives outside Grozny, the official said. |