THREE TROOPS KILLED IN SKIRMISH WITH MILITANTS IN CHECHNYA
By empty (3/4/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Three troops from Russia\'s Interior Forces were killed in an armed shootout with militants in Chechnya\'s Kurchaloi district on Friday, a source in local law enforcement told Interfax on Saturday. In the course of a reconnaissance operation in a wooded area near the community of Niki-Khita, the servicemen ran into an illegal armed unit numbering up to 20 people. Three servicemen were killed in the ensuing shootout.Visit also
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