30 August 2003, 14:31
Three interior servicemen were killed in Chechnya as result of gunfire
Three soldiers of the 49th detached brigade of the Russian interior troops were killed in Chechnya's Achkhoy-Martan region on Friday, a source in the staff of the Interior Ministry's temporary group in the Northern Caucasus reported.
The servicemen were guarding a railway near the village of Sernovodsk. The gunfire attack was launched from the railway tracks. The federal troops retaliated.
A search is underway in the area.
Source: Interfax News Agency
