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FOUR CHECHEN MILITANTS LAID DOWN ARMS ON MAY 1

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GROZNY, May 2 (RIA Novosti) - Four militants have laid down their arms in Chechnya since yesterday, Ruslan Atsayev, head of the Chechen Interior Ministry's press office, told RIA Novosti.

According to him, one of the militants, a member of warlord Rizvan Magomadov's cell, has handed over two grenade launchers, a sniper rifle, hand grenades, artillery shells, gunpowder cartridges, and detonators.

According to representatives of the federal command, two other militants to have laid down their weapons in the past 24 hours were affiliated with the warlords Ruslan Nasipov and Ali Karnakayev.

One other militant reportedly served in a gang operating in the Kurchaloi and Shali districts.

According to the federal command, all the four men have shown remorse for their activity and expressed willingness to cooperate with law-enforcement bodies in hunting down their former associates. Unless there is evidence proving their involvement in major crimes, they will not be put on trial.

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