No. 2 Russian in Chechnya Killed
Rebels killed Russia’s second-highest official in Chechnya, a government spokesman said Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of attacks that has the military on the defensive despite its claims of victory.
Sergei Zveryev was riding in a car in the Chechen capital, Grozny, when a remote-controlled bomb ripped through his vehicle Tuesday evening, a spokesman for Russia’s temporary administration in Chechnya said. Grozny Mayor Supyan Makhchayev was injured, and Makhchayev’s assistant was killed.
Over the weekend, three Russian police officers were killed in an ambush in Grozny. An attack on Russian troops Monday in southern Chechnya left five dead.
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