05 September 2003, 14:02
Attack against health ministry's officials
Officials of the Chechen Ministry of Health were attacked in Grozny. According to the Russian Interior Ministry's information, a group of people wearing camouflage stopped the medics' car in the Zavodskoy district on Wednesday. They beat the Ministry's officials and their security guard and escaped by taking away 500 thousand rubles destined for salary payments. There were also reports on the armed conflict in the outskirts of the Shalazhi settlement in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan region. According to information of the press-cutting service of the United Forces, three Chechen Mojaheds were killed. There is no information on the losses of the Russian party.
Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
