Nightly shelling of a Chechen village

Residents of Chechen village of Hambi-Irze, Achkhoi-Martan District of CRI are being subjected to nightly shelling, Kavkaz Center correspondent reported.

Earlier it was reported that the locals stated that as an expression of protest they were going to block the traffic on the highway leading to the Chechen capital of Jokhar, and some families promised to return to the refugee camps in Ingushetia, from where they have recently returned.

Hambi-Irze residents are spending all nights in underground shelters, since the artillery shells are exploding in the vicinity every single night. Our correspondent reported that the local cemetery has already been damaged from the shelling.

Chechen refugees return to Ingushetia from Chechnya

Kavkaz Center correspondent reported from Chechnya that for the past week the invaders have been conducting artillery strikes on the area of the village of Hambi-Irze, Achkhoi-Martan District.

As an expression of protest, the locals are ready to block off the highway leading to the Chechen capital. Because of the war operations, many Chechen families are returning to the refugee camps in Ingushetia, where they have recently moved from.

Chechnya: car of Russian Russian parliamentarian attacked

Russian sources reported that a car belonging to Russian State Duma Deputy Frants Klintsevich came under attack in Chechnya. The Deputy and the famous collaborator Ruslan Yamadayev, who traveled along with him, were not harmed. The attackers disappeared.

Kavkaz-Center News

2003-08-17 13:03:30