Three Chechen policemen die in an attack on a convoy of vehiclesRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus – Three Chechen policemen were killed and four were injured in an armed attack on a convoy of vehicles in the western part of the village of Dyshne-Vedeno on Wednesday, PW correspondent learnt from Kazbek Selimov, the head of the Vedeno district administration.
According to available information, the attack seems to have been made by a mobile unit belonging to the troop led by Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev. The killed policemen were subordinate to Ruslan Yamadayev, who holds an important post in the pro-Moscow Chechen government.
During the first Chechen war, the Yamadayev brothers actively fought against federal forces. When the second war began, the brothers switched to Akhmad Kadyrov’s side. Their subordinates are now actively engaged in operations against Chechen fighters together with the Russians. It seems that the attack was targeted against Ruslan Yamadayev. Chechen fighters have sworn revenge on him long ago but never managed to actually kill him. He was not traveling in the convoy this time either. Immediately after the attack, federal troops launched actions in the Dyshne-Vedeno village aimed at finding and arresting the fighters. Together with farm facilities, two private houses were burned to the ground. Russian servicemen claim that these houses were owned by the Chechen insurgents. (P/T) |
