A Russian soldier has been killed and another seriously wounded in a suspected rebel landmine attack in the foothills of the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya.
The Russian Ministry of Defence stated that:
"Yesterday, at about 1 p.m. in a wooded area near Komsomolskoye village of the Urus-Martan District, a military unit of the Internal Troops of Russia was conducting an engineer-sapper reconnaissance mission when a home-made explosive device was triggered. The explosion killed a soldier, and another one was hospitalized with multiple fragmental wounds. His condition is grave."
The landmine consisted of 600grams of TNT. An investigation into the incident has been opened.
Source: Chechnya.eng.kavkaz
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