15.01.2003 13:03:04

Chechen village attacked on Tuesday

MOSCOW. Jan 15 (Interfax) - The village of Novogroznenskoye in Chechnya came under fire on Tuesday afternoon.

"The shooting was unauthorized and aimed at residential districts. The weapons were fired from the nearest mountain chain, were a federal military unit is deployed," spokesman for the Chechen office affiliated to the Russian president Edi Isayev told Interfax on Wednesday.

Two local residents, Alsolt Akhmedov and Umar Usmanov, were killed in the attack, Isayev said.

"Furthermore, three houses and several cars parked in the street were destroyed by the gunfire," he said.

Federal defense agencies have not confirmed this report.