Bombs kill at least 2 Russian soldiers in Chechnya

September 1, 2008 - 0:0

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- At least two Russian soldiers have died in bombings in Chechnya, including a suicide attack on an Interior Ministry battalion base, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.

One soldier died and 11 were wounded when two suicide bombers rammed a jeep packed with explosives through the fence of the base in Vedeno, south of the region's capital Grozny, a spokesman for the battalion was quoted as saying by RIA.
Another soldier died in a radio-controlled bomb attack in the village of Serzhen-Yurt, which lies between Vedeno and Grozny.
It was the second round of fatal attacks on Russian troops in the past week in Chechnya, a north Caucasus territory where Russia has fought two wars against separatist rebels since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
On Sunday, two senior Russian officers died after a gun and bomb attack on their convoy.
Russian security officials have predicted a rise in rebel attacks in Chechnya after Russia's military incursion into neighboring Georgia, to crush Tbilisi's attempt to retake its breakaway province of South Ossetia.