Islamic insurgents clashed with police in Chechnya killing at least two law enforcement officials. Unidentified gunmen assassinated a commander of the patrol service regiment in the Vedeno region of Chechnya as he approached the gate to his house. Police have launched a search and destroy operation targeting a band of 30 insurgents who ambushed a police patrol in the Urus-Martan district of Russia™s North Caucasian republic on Friday.
