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Article: WORLD IN BRIEF
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 16, 2003
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MOSCOW -- A band of Chechen rebels mounted an incursion into a
neighboring republic, storming into a mountainous village, taking
hostages and killing nine Russian border guards, authorities said
Monday.
About 25 to 30 guerrillas moved into Dagestan in southern Russia
at about 3 a.m. and made their way to the village of Shauri just 10
miles from the border with Georgia, authorities said. They took over
a local hospital, then left with four hostages.
The Chechens lured the guards away from their border post at
Mokok, then ambushed them, killing nine, including the commander,
according to the Dagestani Interior Ministry. None of the rebels was
reported hurt.
-- Peter Baker
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