The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Chechen

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killed about 8 and wounded two republican OMON special police officers. The

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occurred just 90 meters from Chechnya's main police

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. The first bus in a convoy hit a

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led mine, and the militants then opened fire on the line of vehicles from the ruins of a nearby high-rise building. Another version of the attack was presented by '' Nezavisimaya Gazeta'', which claimed there were two connected attacks. The incident preceded by two hours

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's mid-term state-of-the-nation address, in which he said the "military phase" of the Chechen conflict had been completed.

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Mine Leaves 21 OMON Troops Dead
''The St. Petersburg Times'', April 19, 2002 21st-century mass murder in Russia

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