Gunmen injured six Russian policemen during a night attack on a checkpoint on the outskirts of the Chechen capital, Grozny, on Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said on Thursday. "As a result of a night attack, six policemen from Karelia were injured," the spokesman said. Karelia is a republic in the northwest of Russia, bordering Finland.
The attackers were not identified. The spokesman declined to say if police suspected rebels or criminals had launched the attack. Sporadic fighting between Russian forces and rebels continues, although it is mainly confined to the mountainous southern areas of Chechnya. |