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5 Russian troops killed in Chechnya

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Officials say five Russian troops have been killed in a clash with militants in Chechnya.

 

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry's Chechen division, Magomed Deniev, said Friday that the fight broke out late Thursday outside Shalazhi, a village in the foothills of the southern Chechnya mountains where rebels are sheltered. He says five ministry troops were killed and six others wounded. (AP)

 

 

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