Caharkala/Agency
Caucasus
– Chechen resisters ambushed a Russian military convoy in the region of Vedeno.
A convoy of Russian military vehicles carrying troops of the Russian Interior Ministry were ambushed somewhere between Vedeno and Dargo, according to officials of the Chechen Interior Minister. One local police chief and three soldiers were killed. Two police officers and eight soldiers were injured, too.
Chechen sources said that 25 Russians were killed. Emir Osman told the Vainah agency that the Chechen resisters carried out the ambush attack with careful planning. (Agency