Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Police officer shot dead in Grozny



A police officer has been shot dead in the Chechen capital, Grozny.

It is understood that the attack took place at around 9am in the Mashkadov district of the capital. According to Chechen sources a vehicle checkpoint was fired on by a group of rebels who drove by in a car. The rebels are then reported to have sped away towards the south of the city.

The attack comes just days after seven police officers and four rebels were killed in similar attacks in neighbouring Dagestan.

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