| Chechenpress Thursday, 18 September 2003 Urus-Martan subjected to shelling On the night of 7 September 2003, Russian troops subjected Urus-Martan to shelling. According to the residents of the town, more than ten shells were lobbed to the town, damaging and destroying the houses in Gagarin and Nekrasov streets. People spent the night in the basements and shelters. It was a complete fluke that no one of the residents of Urus-Martan was injured. Nothing is known about the reason for this action on the part of the Russian military. Victims of a blast in Shelkovsky region On 12 September 2003, two children, aged 11 and 12, were blown up in the area of the village Starogladovskaya, Shelkovsky region, Chechnya, when the boys were tending a herd. The mine had been planted by the Russian servicemen. The injured boys were hospitalized. Information Centre of the Council of Non-governmental Organizations www.livechechnya.org A resident of Sernovodsk kidnapped Early in the morning on 11 September 2003, several armed people in camouflage broke into the house of Arby Saiev in the village Sernovodsk, Sunja region of Chechnya. A.Saiev was an election campaign coordinator of the presidential contender Malika Saydullaeva. The aggressors forcibly took him out and dragged into the car. Nothing is known about A.Saiev since then According to our information, Arby Saiev was head of the Sernovodsk village administration during the years between the two Chechen campaigns. The Chechen Committee of National Salvation, Press Release # 407 http://www.chechenpress.info/english/news/09_2003/5_18_09.shtml |