GROZNY, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - At least two policemen were killed and four wounded Thursday night in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a mobile police post on the Chechen-Ingush border in the North Caucasus, the Chechen prosecutor general said.
One of the attackers was killed in the clash, but the body has not been identified yet, Valery Kuznetsov said.
He said the attackers were most likely members of an illegal armed group. Criminal proceedings have been launched and investigation is underway.
The latest war in Chechnya officially ended in 2001, which together with the first left up to 100,000 Chechens dead. However, the situation in the republic remains chaotic with periodic bombings and clashes between gunmen and federal troops.
