Three soldiers were blown up by a landmine in Chechnya

Three servicemen received shrapnel wounds as a result of a land mine explosion on the Kavkaz federal highway in the Shali district of Chechnya. As reported with reference to Interfax Gazeta.ru, a source in the regional department of internal affairs said on Saturday. "During engineering reconnaissance near the intersection of the federal highway" Kavkaz "and the road leading from Grozny to Shali, a land mine exploded. At the same time, three servicemen received shrapnel wounds that do not pose a threat to life. They were taken to the hospital, they were provided with the necessary medical care" , the source said.

Meanwhile, on the western outskirts of the regional center of Shali, on the territory of a destroyed brewery, during operational-search activities, police officers discovered a cache. According to the police department, three Kalashnikov assault rifles, a Makarov pistol, grenades and ammunition were seized from the cache.