Chechen security forces in action (file photo) (RFE/RL)
September 18, 2006 -- Russian security forces have killed an alleged Chechen rebel commander, Isa Muskiev, during a security operation inside Chechnya, the Interior Ministry of the pro-Russian Chechen government reports.
A second militant was also killed during the September 17 operation. A third was detained.
The report could not be independently confirmed.
(AP, ITAR-TASS)
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