MOSCOW. June 29 (Interfax-AVN) - An officer from the Interior Ministry Forces was killed and a servicemen from the Defense Ministry was wounded in an explosion and a following firefight, Chechen law-enforcement agencies told Interfax-Military News Agency on Thursday.
"Unidentified men fired at the Interior Ministry Forces scouts in the forest near the village of Sogunty in the Nozhai-Yurt district. The company commander was killed in the firefight," an official said.
An anti-personnel mine exploded during a combat engineer reconnaissance mission near the village of Kalinvoskaya in the Nauri district. A Defense Ministry volunteer was wounded and taken to hospital.