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| 7 soldiers killed in blast in Chechnya |
| 2008-07-16 |
| Seven soldiers were killed yesterday by an explosion of ammunition in the war-ravaged southern Russian province of Chechnya, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. "Today at 5:15 pm (1315 GMT)... an uncontrolled explosion occurred as ammunition was being transferred from a tank into a vehicle" near the town of Shali, a defence ministry statement was quoted as saying. "Seven servicemen were killed and six were injured," the statement added. Prosecutors have opened an inquiry into the explosion and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov dispatched a special investigative commission to look into the incident, the reports said. |
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