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MOSCOW, July 23 (KUNA) -- Armed Chechen separatists attacked a Russian
military vehicle wounding five soldiers in Chechnya's capital city Grozny,
Russian Interfax News Agency reported here on Monday.
The agency quoted military sources as saying a group of gunmen attacked the
vehicle wounding five Russian soldiers.
In another inicident, an explosive device blew up in the capital wounding
one Russian soldier.
Russian authorities are pursuing investigations to identify and locate the
culprits of the recent attacks.
Security in Chechnya has remained largely fragile since the early 90s,
when natives waged an armed uprising against the Russian authorities. The
conflict for control of the republic has killed tens of thousands of people
and some 10,000 Russian troops. (end)
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