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Policeman, soldier, two militants killed in Chechnya clash

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One Russian policeman and one serviceman were killed along with two militants in an armed clash in east Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, a local police source said on Monday.

MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - One Russian policeman and one serviceman were killed along with two militants in an armed clash in east Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, a local police source said on Monday.

A police team apprehended a group of gunmen in the Nozhai-Yurt district at around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

A policeman and an Interior Ministry contract soldier were killed in the ensuing gunfire. Another two policemen have been hospitalized.

The search for the remaining gunmen resumed early on Monday.

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