Protest rally in ShaliRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus - A rally protesting civilian abuse by the Russian military was organized on Tuesday in Shali, a district town southeast of Grozny.
Several hundred inhabitants from the Serzhen-Yurt village were out on the street holding anti-war slogans. The reason for this protest was the recent shelling incident in their village; a family of four were accidently killed by a shell that was allegedly fired from the direction of a Russian military camp.
Although the protesters urged the local officials to find and punish the guilty parties, their pleas fell on deaf ears as the authorities ignored the rally.
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