Police Ambushed in Russia's Chechnya and Dagestan Regions -- Voice of AmericaRebels have mounted a series of deadly attacks in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least nine policemen and officials.
Russian officials say several policemen were killed Sunday when militants ambushed their three-vehicle convoy in the mountains of southern Chechnya.
Also Sunday, authorities said a policeman was killed in an ambush in Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala. Another officer was wounded.
In another attack Sunday, rebels ambushed several workers from the Emergency Situations Ministry in the republic of Ingushetia.
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