From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 8/14/2005 12:26 AM More killed in Chechen clashes
Sunday 14 August 2005, 1:59 Makka Time, 22:59 GMT
Five fighters, two Chechen police officers and a Russian soldier have been killed in the last 24 hours in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chechnya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, an official from the pro-Moscow government said.
Russian army checkpoints were targeted
A Russian soldier was killed and another injured by shots fired at a number of Russian army checkpoints that had been the targets of at least 10 separate attacks in a 24 hour period, the administrator said on condition of anonymity.
In a separate incident, one Chechen police officer was killed and four others wounded in fighting southwest of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Grozny</st1:City></st1:place>.
Two fighters also died in the confrontation.
Two other suspected separatists were killed in the region of Vedeno, the Moscow-backed authority said.
In another clash in the Shali region south of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Grozny</st1:City></st1:place>, a separatist was killed and a Chechen police officer wounded.
Body found
Early on Saturday the body of a Chechen police officer was found in a district of Grozny.
This violence follows the announcement by officials in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Grozny</st1:place></st1:City> of five deaths and 11 injuries in fighting between separatists and Russian security forces on Friday.
Russian troops stormed <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Chechnya</st1:country-region></st1:place> in October 1999 to try to re-establish control following defeat in a 1994-1996 war against separatist fighters.
Major clashes are now rare, but Russian forces and local Chechen allies continue to suffer casualties almost daily.<o:p></o:p>
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