A serviceman died in an attack on a checkpoint in Chechnya, the spokesperson for the regional department of the Investigation Committee told Itar-Tass on Sunday. "Checkpoint No. 2 was shelled near Khankala at about 2:00 p.m. One serviceman was killed and another six servicemen were injured. Besides, a civilian and a policeman were injured in the gunfire that came from a passing-by vehicle," she said. Presumably, one of the assailants is dead. He is being identified. Forensic experts are working on the location.
