By empty (8/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Chechen police are combing the outskirts of the village of Avtury, Shali district to eliminate the remnants of a militant group. Chechen Interior Ministry spokesman Ruslan Atsayev told Interfax on Monday that a special police unit clashed with militants near Avtury Sunday night. \"Operational reports say up to four militants were killed and an examination of the scene proves that,\" he said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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