Two Russian policemen were shot dead on Thursday in the Chechen capital Grozny, ITAR-TASS cited the republic's top pro-Moscow prosecutor as saying Friday.
The interior ministry police officers were killed in broad daylight in a burst of automatic gunfire that erupted in the city's central market, Vsevolod Tchernov.
Nearly 14 months after Russia launched its military intervention in Chechnya on October 1, 1999, separatist rebels continue to inflict daily losses on pro-Moscow troops and police -- MOSCOW (AFP)
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