Blast in Chechnya killed 9 Russian soldiers
At least nine soldiers have been killed on Tuesday & four others injured after an explosion in ammunition in the war-ravaged southern Russian province of Chechnya.
Defence Ministry said, “An uncontrolled explosion occurred as ammunition was being transferred from a tank into a vehicle near the town of Shali”. Two of the six injured following the explosion died in surgery, raising the initial death toll from seven to nine.
Prosecutors have opened an inquiry into the explosion & Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov dispatched a special investigative commission to look into the incident.
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