By empty (2/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District Viktor Kazantsev and Chechen administration head Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov on 15 January both condemned the reported attack by drunken Russian troops the previous day on a bus traveling between Grozny and Gudermes. The driver was reportedly killed and four passengers injured in the shooting. Chechen Prosecutor Vladimir Kravchenko and Gudermes administration head Akhmed Abastov told Interfax that they are unable to confirm that any such shooting incident took place.