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Attack On Chechen Police Wounds Nine


13 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russian news agencies say unidentified attackers today opened fire with a grenade launcher on Chechnya's police headquarters, wounding at least nine people.

ITAR-TASS reported that the attackers shot about 20 grenades at the regional Interior Ministry building in Grozny. The building suffered minor damage

No further details were immediately available.

(ITAR-TASS/gazeta.ru)

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