The injured soldiers are in no fatal danger, and are getting top-notch medical aid.
More than fifty armed rebels died or were disabled in the raid, and twelve were captured. Several surrendered and laid down arms, says the statement.
Warlords may yet arrange violent outbreaks to thwart Chechen stability efforts, warns Nikolai Rogozhkin, in command of the federal Interior troops. He is in the North Caucasus now. "The bandits will certainly get a due rebuff," the statement quotes the general.
He highly appraises the Saturday raid as timely and efficient. "Interior soldiers' preventive action thwarted warlords' plot to put an end to peaceful routine in Grozny," says the commander.
Detection and investigation is on in Grozny, adds the ministerial statement. The situation has come back to normal, and federals have the city in full control. Several small gangs have been tracked down in the Grozny environs, and plans are made to seize them. Blueprints are ready for scheduled law-enforcement action to keep the republic in order.
Six officers of the republican Interior Ministry died in yesterday's raid, reports the regional operation HQ for North Caucasian anti-terror action. It points out smooth federal-republican police teamwork, which prevented bad police casualties and a plotted seizure of several urban projects.
Instead of an intended massive attack, harassed bandits managed shooting only on several sites in the city-in particular, two polling stations, several checkpoints, two police precincts, two district military commandants' offices, and an Interior motorcade that was approaching to reinforce an urban checkpoint.
Just as the federal ministry, the HQ points out detection and bandit pursuit underway in the city.
