Officials deny a mass grave
finding in Grozny's outskirts
Interfax. Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, 10:27 AM Moscow Time
GROZNY. Jan 18 (Interfax-South)
Defense agencies did not confirm that a mass grave was found in the outskirts
of Grozny. "We do not have such information," head of Chechnya's Central
Military Commandant's Office Alexander Tolmachyov told Interfax. The United
Military Headquarters in the North Caucasus have not confirmed the report
either. The Chechen Emergency Situations Ministry has also denied it. Media
sources reported earlier that the remains of several people had been found in
Grozny's outskirts