Ukraine in Arabic | Russia: gun battles in Chechnya leave dozens dead

04.12.2014 - 13:36 #Chechen Republic, #Russia, #gun, #fight, #Ramzan Kadyrov, #Vladimir Putin

The attack began when a police patrol car was ambushed and the attackers stormed a building housing local media.

KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ There is a heavy gun fight with tanks and artillery in the middle of Chechen capital Grozny city (Russia). As being reported it all started in 1.30am as some people shot down three policemen who stopped their car. Then across all the city fights emerged. There have appeared the claims of some people saying that they are an organized group of over 300 people who attacked Chechnya. As for officials they say there are no 300 attackers, but much less. However some of the buildings in the middle of the city are stormed with tanks and heavy grenade launchers.

Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee says 10 police officers were killed and 28 wounded in gun battles with militants in the capital of Chechnya.

The leader of the Russian republic announced that at least nine of the militants were killed before the fighting ended.

The gun battles left a 10-story building and a school in ruins in the center of the Chechen capital, Grozny.

The fighting early Thursday punctured the patina of stability ensured by years of heavy-handed rule by the Kremlin-appointed leader.

The violence erupted hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his annual state of the nation address.

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