05 April 2004, 22:32
9 demolition experts arrested in Chechnya
Nine terrorists, demolition specialists, were detained during a special operation in Chechnya, the regional headquarters on the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus reported on April 5.
Using information obtained from militants in custody and those who gave themselves up, the power structures detained nine terrorists, demolition men, implicated in making improvised explosive devices," Colonel Ilya Shabalkin, the spokesman for the headquarters said. "The arrested men are being investigated."
According to him, federal forces and the Chechen president's security service carried out several special operations in the mountains and the forests to arrest members of bandit formations who were preparing large-scale terrorist attacks both in and outside of Chechnya. As many as 15 bases and 14 caches with weapons and explosives were found and destroyed. The caches and bases contained a sizeable amount of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive devices.
Source: RIA Novosti
