ON-DON, Russia, April 8, SPA -- A skirmish between authorities and rebels in Chechnya has left one serviceman and one police officer dead, Russian officials said Sunday. The clash occurred late Saturday near the village of Bas-Gordali in Chechnya's southeastern Nozhai-Yurt region when a group of servicemen and police ran into a group of some 10 militants during a security sweep, The Associated Press quoted Chechnya's branch of Russia's Interior Minister as saying. A serviceman of a Russian military unit formed from Chechens and a local police officer were killed in fighting, it said.
