Explosions, attacks and abductions still ongoing in ChechnyaRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus - Two women and a teenager died on Monday and three others injured in a landmine explosion in Alkhan-Kala, a village near Grozny.
The bomb, which consisted of an artillery shell equivalent to 500 grams of TNT and a timer, was hidden in a roadside rubbish heap on Kraynaya Street. It exploded when people were walking by.
The incident is now under investigation.
In the village of Samashki in the Achkhoi-Martanovsky district, Chechen guerrillas opened fire on a federal army checkpoint wounding three soldiers. The assailants fled into a nearby forest.
In the village of Kalaus in the Nadterechny district, a group of masked, armed men, driving military vehicles, abducted two local residents: Dzhamil Mutsuyev and Aslan Rasuyev. Rizvan Mutsuyev, brother of Dzhamil, was shot during the abduction.
An investigation is underway but no official version of the incident has as yet been released. The only thing known so far is that there were both Chechens and Russians among the assailants. (S/E,T) |
