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Sat 07 Jul 20099 Chechen policemen shot dead
Nine Chechen policemen sent to crush an insurgency in the neighbouring Russian republic of Ingushetia were gunned down today, Interfax reported, intensifying the cycle of violence now unfolding in the region.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ordered his troops across the border into Ingushetia to avenge a suicide bomb attack against fellow Kremlin appointee in the region, Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who is fighting for his life in hospital.
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