By empty (10/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
One serviceman was killed and two others were wounded in Chechnya on Saturday. \"A contract serviceman was wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire at a reconnaissance squad on the outskirts of the village of Avtury at 10:22 a.m.
One serviceman was killed and two others were wounded in Chechnya on Saturday. \"A contract serviceman was wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire at a reconnaissance squad on the outskirts of the village of Avtury at 10:22 a.m. on October 1. The serviceman was hospitalized,\" a source in the Interior Ministry\'s temporary press center in the North Caucasus told Interfax by phone. He said that in another incident two servicemen of an engineer reconnaissance unit were wounded, when their armored personnel carrier hit a mine in the district center of Shatoi. \"One of the wounded servicemen died in hospital,\" the source said. (Interfax)