NAZRAN, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - Five Russian interior troops were injured when militants opened fire on their cars in the south Russian republic of Ingushetia, a local police source said on Saturday.
The gunmen shot at two cars carrying the troops to Nazran, the republic's largest city, at 22:50 Moscow time [18:50 GMT] on Friday. A commander and four contract soldiers were wounded, and have been hospitalized.
The troops returned fire, but no militants are believed to have been killed.
A criminal case has been launched.
