Two servicemen die in clash with gunmen in Chechnya

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Two servicemen die in clash with gunmen in Chechnya

19.08.2008, 10.19

GROZNY, August 19 (Itar-Tass) — A serviceman of Interior troops died during a clash with a group of gunmen in Chechnya.

As ITAR-TASS learnt at the law enforcement bodies of the republic, “on the eve, while servicemen of Interior troops were holding a reconnaissance and search operation, an armed clash with a group of 5-10 gunmen occurred in a forest near the settlement of Niki-Khita of the Kurchaloi region.” As a result, a contract serviceman died from wounds on the spot, another one was hospitalised.

Besides, also during the holding of a reconnaissance and search operation by servicemen of Interior troops, an identified explosive device went off in mountain woodlands near the settlement of Kharachoi of the Vedeno region. A contract serviceman died in the blast.
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