13:44 August 15, 2003

2 energy workers kidnapped in Chechnya

Two workers of a local energy company have been kidnapped in Chechnya. A source in the NurEnergo joint stock company reported on Friday that the two men had been sent to mend power mains near the
village of Selmentauzen. After completing the work, the specialists stopped for a night in a private house in the village of Mekhety. At  night, a gang of unidentified men broke into the house where the
energy workers were staying, beat them and forced them to leave. The  kidnappers have not been identified. The company has already  addressed the local authorities and law enforcers with a request to help find the kidnapped men.

//Interfax//