Police die in Chechnya ambush

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Published 08 November, 2006, 09:35

Seven members of a special police group died and one was hurt in a road ambush three kilometres from the settlement of Dair in Shatoy district of the Chechen Republic in the Northern Caucasus.

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Their vehicle was shot at and blown up returning to its post after a mission.

A criminal case has been opened into the incident.

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