Militants kill two Russian soldiers
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Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2008
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) -- At least two Russian soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded Saturday when rebels ambushed a military convoy in a volatile Russian province near Chechnya, officials said.
The Russian Interior Ministry in the southern province of Ingushetia says about a dozen militants ambushed a military convoy on a forest road in the Sunzha region on Saturday.
It said in a statement that the attackers fired automatic weapons and grenades at military trucks, killing two soldiers and wounding others.
An Interior Ministry officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media said that at least 10 soldiers were hospitalized with wounds. He said the attackers knocked down two armored vehicles and two trucks before fleeing.
Frequent raids by Islamic militants have destabilized Ingushetia, which neighbors Chechnya to the west, and other provinces in Russia's North Caucasus region.
The Russian Interior Ministry in the southern province of Ingushetia says about a dozen militants ambushed a military convoy on a forest road in the Sunzha region on Saturday.
It said in a statement that the attackers fired automatic weapons and grenades at military trucks, killing two soldiers and wounding others.
An Interior Ministry officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media said that at least 10 soldiers were hospitalized with wounds. He said the attackers knocked down two armored vehicles and two trucks before fleeing.
Frequent raids by Islamic militants have destabilized Ingushetia, which neighbors Chechnya to the west, and other provinces in Russia's North Caucasus region.
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