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Authorities Report Destruction Of Chechen Band
September 07, 2005
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7 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Chechnya's Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said a militant group accused of an recent attack in the west of the restive southern Russian republic has been destroyed.
Alkhanov said some 30 rebels -- including their leader Kazbek Batalov -- were killed by Chechen Interior Ministry forces in recent fighting in western Chechnya.
According to Russian media, the militants were accused of leading an attack on the village of Roshni-Chu in southwest Achkhoi-Martan Raion last month. That attack left dead the village's military commander and four soldiers.
(AFP/ITAR-TASS)
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