Posted by kavkazcenter.com on 22/6/2004, 16:08:36 An Ingushetia Interior Ministry official said the attack on the ministry building in the city of Nazran began late on Monday. The official also said police buildings in Ordzhonikidzevskaya, just over the border from Chechnya, and in Karabulak have been seized by other attackers. There is no official word on casualties, but witnesses said that dozens bodies are lying around the Interior Ministry building. Ingush sources reported that Interior Minister of Ingushetia Murad Kostoev was dead. Dozens of Russian occupation solders and FSB servicemens were kill when Mujahideen attack Russian military bases in Ingushetia. In an interview on Radio Liberty last week, Chechnya's president Aslan Maskhadov said that Chechen solders were preparing to undertake new offensives. "We are planning to change tactics. Before, we concentrated our efforts on acts of sabotage, but soon we are planning to start active military actions," he said. A three-man crew from Russia's NTV television came upon some of the attackers at a border crossing as they tried to reach Nazran from neighboring North Ossetia. "Out of the dark, a voice says 'Stop, put your hands on the hood,' said NTV correspondent Maxim Berezin. "A man carrying an automatic weapon came up. 'Who are you?' 'We're from NTV.' He took a few steps back, as if to shoot us. "Then he said, 'Say that we are the Martyr's Brigade,' I don't remember of whom, Abu, Alyua, I don't remember what he said. 'We have shot everyone here. Go and announce that.'" The town of Karabulak and village of Sleptsovskaya also came under attack. Mujahideen killed many Russian occupation solders on military base in Troickaya village near airport. Reports say a multiple rocket launcher was being fired in Nazran and other towns of Ingushetia, and people were sheltering in cellars. Reports also say that 30 solders of Interior Ministry of Ingushetia were dead. At 3 a.m. 22 June Mujahideen are begin leave villages and towns of Ingushetia. Kavkaz Center 2004-06-22 04:17:51 Link: Mujahideen attack Russian military bases in Ingushetia
Chechen and Ingush Mujahideen armed with grenade and rocket-launchers have seized government buildings in Ingushetia, a region bordering warring Chechnya.
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