A Russian soldier in Chechnya (file photo) (AFP) 28 February 2006 -- Reports say three Russian soldiers and a member of the police were killed in attacks in Chechnya in the past 24 hours.
A source in the local government speaking on condition of anonymity said today that the soldiers were killed when an explosion struck their vehicle in the southeastern Vedeno district.
The Chechen policeman was killed and another officer wounded in a rebel attack in the capital, Grozny.
(AFP)
The Chechnya Conflict
The aftermath of a December 2002 Chechen resistance attack on the main government building in Grozny (epa)
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The fighting in Chechnya has raged, with short breaks, since 1994. It has brought misery, death, and destruction to the North Caucasus republic and to Russia as a whole. View an annotated timeline of the conflict.
