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Four officers killed, six wounded in Chechnya clash
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08:55 15/07/2009
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Five militants killed in ChechnyaMOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti) - Two police officers and two servicemen were killed during a shootout with militants in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source said on Wednesday.
The clash occurred in the southeast Chechen Vedensky district on Tuesday when police located a group of up to 15 gunmen in the forest near the village of Kirov-Yurt.
Another six officers and servicemen were injured and subsequently hospitalized. The search for the militants will continue on Wednesday.
The Kremlin announced a formal end to its 10-year counter-terrorism operation in the troubled region on April 16, but violence has continued in Chechnya and neighboring republics.
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