10:51, 30 August 2009 | GMT +5
Motorized rifle regiment comes under fire in Ingushetia
NAZRAN, the Republic of Ingushetia. August 30. KAZINFORM. The territory of a regional motorized rifle regiment near the Troitskaya settlement in Ingushetia came under a fire attack at 00:30 on Sunday morning; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
A source at Ingushetia's Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass that unidentified gunmen had fired from grenade launchers and small arms for two or three minutes. Some shells fell on the regiment's territory. No one was hurt. An investigation is under way.
Earlier, at around 00:05 Moscow time, unknown attackers threw a Molotov cocktail at a gasoline station's operating room on the Karabulag-Ordzhonikidzevskaya highway.
The station's employees had managed to localize the fire before fire crews arrived. No casualties have been reported. An investigation is under way; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.