Two Rebel Leaders Reported Killed In Chechnya

Fresh recruits to the pro-Russian Chechen security forces take the oath (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)

July 28, 2006 -- Russian media reports say pro-Moscow Chechen forces have killed two alleged commanders of rebel groups.

Moscow-backed Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov was quoted as saying one of the men was responsible for an attack earlier this month on a military convoy in which six soldiers were killed and 14 wounded.

The other allegedly was a close aide to the late Chechen commander Shamil Basayev.

(Interfax, ITAR-TASS)