15 August 2005, 15:01
Victims in Chechnya
Three boys resident in Khambi-Irze, Achkhoi-Martan district, triggered an unidentified explosive device on the bank of the river Sunzha where they had come to swim. Eleven-year-old Shakhbiyev and the brothers Gazaliyev (13 and 3 years of age) sustained serious shrapnel wounds as a result. They were admitted to hospital and the doctors assess their condition as grave, though stable, a source with Chechnya's Internal Affairs Ministry told Caucasian Knot.
Author: Sultan Abubakarov, CK correspondent