Situation in Chechnya worsensRuslan Isayev, North Caucasus – The situation in Chechnya has steeply turned for the worse over the past couple of days. Explosions, shoot-outs and kidnappings now occur in various parts of the republic almost on a daily basis.
In the morning of July 4, two Russian soldiers died in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny during mine clearance.
A day earlier a local inhabitant was killed in a land mine blast in the same district. No identity documents were found with the victim. The investigators believe that the man was a guerrilla fighter and died when planting a mine.
In the Sunzhensky district, which is located near the border with the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia, five local inhabitants were abducted by a group of unknown armed masked men, who arrived on vehicles without number plates. The Caucasian Knot news agency reported that it was a mopping up operation carried out by Chechen law enforcers and federal soldiers.
In the Stariye Atagi village in the Groznensky district, a local inhabitant working at the transport police was kidnapped under the same circumstances.
Last but not last, anoter abduction was reported from Grozny. Two days ago, Markha Bakuyeva of the Petropavlovskaya village was pushed into a car in the Leninsky district of the Chechen capital. Her whereabouts are still unknown. (T)
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