Interior Ministry spokesman Ruslan Atsaev said the aide, identified as Shamil Muskiyev and described as being in charge of religious affairs, died in an operation in the town of Argun -- east of the capital Grozny -- in which four other suspected militants died.
Atsaev said the shootout also killed two Chechen policemen. In the southeastern Shali District, Chechen security officers killed a suspected rebel in a shootout, the regional Interior Ministry said.
Meanwhile, an official from the Moscow-backed Chechen government said today that seven Russian soldiers were killed in Chechnya in separate incidents over the past 24 hours.
(AP/AFP)
For all the news on Chechnya, see Crisis In Chechnya
Atsaev said the shootout also killed two Chechen policemen. In the southeastern Shali District, Chechen security officers killed a suspected rebel in a shootout, the regional Interior Ministry said.
Meanwhile, an official from the Moscow-backed Chechen government said today that seven Russian soldiers were killed in Chechnya in separate incidents over the past 24 hours.
(AP/AFP)
For all the news on Chechnya, see Crisis In Chechnya
