29 October 2010, 23:30
Federal soldier killed in Chechnya by fougasse explosion, another one injured
On October 28, an explosion of a land mine in the foothill Urus-Martan District of Chechnya killed a soldier from Interior Troops of the Russian MIA; another one was seriously wounded.
"Yesterday, at about 1 p.m. in a wooded area near Komsomolskoye village of the Urus-Martan District, when a military unit of the Internal Troops of Russia was doing an engineer-sapper reconnaissance, a self-made explosive device got triggered," the "Caucasian Knot" was told at the republic's military commandant.
The explosion killed a soldier, and another one was hospitalized with multiple fragmental wounds. His condition is grave.
The power of the exploded land mine was about 600 grams of TNT. A criminal case was opened on the fact of the incident.
Author: Muslim Ibragimov Source: CK correspondent
