"Four military servicemen, two Chechen Interior Ministry's officers and a local civilian have been killed in Chechnya since the beginning of the year," Andrei Krivonos, the republic's Commandant, said at a session of heads of local law enforcement bodies, attended by Chechen President Alu Alkhanov.
He added that during the same period, six militants were killed and 11 detained.
"In all, seven explosions, two shootings and six armed clashes have been registered since the beginning of the year," Krivonos said, adding that three bases of militants and 14 arms caches were destroyed.
Although the latest war in Chechnya officially ended in 2001, which together with the first left up to 100,000 Chechens dead, periodic bombings and clashes between gunmen and Federal troops still disrupt the republic's comparative calm, with the violence often spilling over into adjacent regions.
According to statistics over 50 militants were eliminated and over 500 surrendered to Federal Forces in 2006.
