Russian soldiers in Chechnya seemingly have many traffic accidents on their conscienceTimur Aliyev, North Caucasus – Many traffic accidents occurred in Chechnya last week, which locals blame on Russian soldiers.
On March 27, between the Assinovskaya village and the Kavkaz checkpoint, a car crashed and landed in a ditch. A Chechen policeman, Timur Magomayev, was killed along with two passengers.
The military states that the car was speeding and thus caused the accident; yet a woman from Achkhoi-Martan, who allegedly saw it all, insists that a Russian army tractor plowed into the car.
That same day, near the village of Goragorsk, a burnt out car was discovered with a body inside charred beyond recognition. And not far from the village of Prigorodny near Grozny, another burnt out car was found, but this time no one was in it.
A statement published by the Chechen National Salvation Committee claims that the day before at a crossroad in the Leninsky district of Grozny, an armoured personnel carrier filled with Russian soldiers crashed into a minibus. The bus driver and several soldiers were seriously injured.
Apparently the APC tried to flee from the scene of the accident, but the Grozny police blocked them. Compared to other occasions, this time at least the guilty parties were arrested.
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