War Victims Chechnya Russia

Rebels killed Russia's second-highest official in Chechnya, a government spokesman said Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of attacks that has the military on the defensive despite its claims of victory. Sergei Zveryev was riding in a car in the Chechen capital, Grozny, when a remote-controlled bomb ripped through his vehicle Tuesday evening, a spokesman for Russia's temporary administration in Chechnya said.

Rebels killed Russia's second-highest official in Chechnya, a government spokesman said Wednesday. It was the latest in a series of attacks that has the military on the defensive despite its claims of victory. Sergei Zveryev was riding in a car in the Chechen capital, Grozny, when a remote-controlled bomb ripped through his vehicle Tuesday evening, a spokesman for Russia's temporary administration in Chechnya said.