Human Right Centre reports that Chechens dropped from helicopters

Moscow Ekho Moskvy Radio in Russian 0230 GMT 4 May 03

The discovery of mass graves in Chechnya becoming more frequent  recently compel federal troops to look for other ways of concealing murders of civilians.

The Viktor Popkov Human Rights Centre reports that in late April residents of two villages in Vedenskiy District saw more than 10 bodies of dead Chechens dropped from Russian helicopters into the gorge. The Russian command has not yet made any comment on the report.