08 August 2003, 16:06
Column of federal forces was fired by separatists in Ingushetia, six soldiers were killed
Six soldiers were killed and 7 were wounded when separatists fired a column of federal forces near the village of Nesterovskaya in Ingushetia.
As it was reported in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, the column had been fired on Thursday while the armored group had been moving to the place of permanent disposition after convoying a column of federal forces to the administrative border with Chechnya. The fire on the armored group was opened from grenade-guns and a large-calibre machine-gun.
Source: Interfax News Agency
