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Ten security officers killed in Grozny operation - UPDATED

Ten security officers killed in Grozny operation - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED

04 December 2014 09:40 (UTC +04:00)

"The information available at the moment indicates that ten of our officers were killed and up to 20 were injured," he said.

The commander of Chechnya's special operations units is among those injured, the source said.

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12:25

Baku – APA. Seven law enforcement personnel were killed and another 18 have been injured during a counter-terrorism operation in the Chechen capital Grozny, a local police source told RIA Novosti by phone.

“Seven law enforcement personnel were killed and 18 have been injured. No civilians were harmed,” the source said.

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12:15

Baku – APA. The police have blocked several militants in a school in the center of the Chechen capital, where a special operation is currently underway, a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.

"Several militants were blocked in a school in the center of Grozny, near the Press House," the spokesman said. Now the upper floors of the Press House are on fire, and the special operation continues, he added.

A law enforcement source told RIA Novosti Thursday that five policemen have died in the course of the operation and several have been injured.

The militants said that they are headed by Doku Umarov’s “right hand” Amir Hamzat.

“We entered the city Johar under the order of Amir Hamzat. Fights are underway; a number of mujahideen entered the city. It is an act of revenge for the fact that apostates oppress Muslim women, our sisters. We will fight to the death.”