Friday, April 27, 2007

Military chopper shoot out in Chechnya, 17 killed


At least seventeen people died when a military helicopter with troops on board was shot down in Russia's volatile province of Chechnya on Friday, Russian news agencies and the military said.

The Mi-8 transport helicopter was shot down by Chechen rebels when Russian troops were carrying out an operation near the town of Shatoi in southern Chechnya, RIA quoted a source in Russian troops in the Caucasus.

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