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Islamic State group claims Chechnya attack: SITE

MOSCOW: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Friday on a Russian military base in Chec
Published March 24, 2017 Updated March 24, 2017 05:38pm

 

Six attackers stormed "a military base of the Russian National Guard close to Naurskaya village in northwestern Grozny in Chechnya," the IS statement said. "They clashed with those at the base with light weapons for several hours."

The statement said all of the assailants died during the attack, which killed six Russian soldiers.

 

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