ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia An explosion killed one boy and wounded two others in Russia's war-shattered southern province of Chechnya when the youths attempted to disassemble a grenade launcher they had found, officials said Sunday.| Three boys, aged 12-14, discovered a grenade launcher at the city's garbage dump. A grenade in the launcher exploded as they tried to take the equipment apart, killing one boy on the spot and wounding two others with shrapnel. |
Civilians often find ammunition in the war-ravaged region. More than 150 people have been killed or wounded in similar incidents this year alone in Chechnya, police officials say.
Also Saturday, police clashed with four suspected militants in the province's southern Nokhchi-Keloy district. Nobody was wounded. The alleged rebels managed to flee and police and military troops have launched a man hunt.