GROZNY. May 20 (Interfax-AVN) - A group of five rebels dressed in Russian military uniform and specializing in robberies resumed its activities in Chechnya, a spokesman for the regional headquarters in charge of the Chechnya campaign told Interfax- Military News Agency on Monday.
Several people wearing masks and camouflaged uniform and carrying small arms broke into the house of a person named Lechi Alibekov in the Germenchuk village of the Shali district overnight to Sunday. They spoke Russian with an obvious Chechen accent and demanded valuable goods and money from the owner of the house. The criminals inflicted bodily harm on Alibekov and killed Rozet Khalasheva, who happened to be in the house. She was responsible for the archive in the district's treasury.
Proceeding from the current situation, federal forces and units have stepped up elimination of rebels, the spokesman said.
Eleven special operations took place in the town of Argun and the Shali, Naurskaya, Nadterechny, Nozhai-Yurt, Shali and Shelkovskaya districts on Sunday. Six rebels were killed and 33 suspected rebels were detained. Federals engaged in those operations found 12 caches with arms, ammo, foodstuffs and equipment. They confiscated 27 small-arms pieces, 47 artillery and 59 mortar shells, 38 grenade launchers, 137 hand grenades, 5.9kg of explosives and 15,600 small-arms cartridges and also eliminated 11 illegal oil refineries.