Russian authorities say at least 10 police and nine militants have been killed in hours of fighting in the capital of the restive North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on December 4 that a "counterterrorist operation" against gunmen who attacked a traffic-police post and seized a building in central Grozny was over and that at least nine militants were killed.
Gunbattle In Grozny
Russian authorities say at least 10 police and nine militants have been killed in hours of fighting in the capital of the restive North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on December 4 that a "counterterrorist operation" against gunmen who attacked a traffic-police post and seized a building in central Grozny was over and that at least nine militants were killed.