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Russian soldier shoots four dead at Chechnyan barracks | Russian soldier shoots four dead at Chechnyan barracks |
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The Russian National Guard says one of its officers has shot and killed four other servicemen dead before being killed by guards. | The Russian National Guard says one of its officers has shot and killed four other servicemen dead before being killed by guards. |
The agency said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the incident happened Monday in the Russian republic of Chechnya. | The agency said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the incident happened Monday in the Russian republic of Chechnya. |
It said the officer fired on his comrades inside the National Guard barracks in the village of Shelkovskaya. | |
The man was then shot and killed by the members of an alert unit, TASS news agency cited a Federal National Guard Troops Service spokesman as saying. | |
The news agency reported the man who opened fire was a senior lieutenant of the National Guard Troops. | |
The National Guard says a panel would be set to investigate the shootings. | The National Guard says a panel would be set to investigate the shootings. |
The slayings come less than a month after a Russian soldier fatally shot three other servicemen during drills and wounded two others. He was tracked down and killed. | The slayings come less than a month after a Russian soldier fatally shot three other servicemen during drills and wounded two others. He was tracked down and killed. |
Reporting by AP. | Reporting by AP. |
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