_http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11892065%255E1702,00.html_ (http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11892065%5E1702,00.html) Fierce firefight near Chechnya >From correspondents in Nazran, Russia January 8, 2005 AUTOMATIC gunfire and explosions sounded today as troops blocked off part of the Russian city of Nazran, 30 kilometres from the border with Chechnya. Russian news agencies reported three rebel fighters had been killed in a battle with troops, which started at 7am. They did not report any Russian losses. The RIA Novosti agency said five armoured vehicles and more than 100 servicemen were surrounding a house in the city. The streets of Nazran, normally packed with people on a Saturday, were deserted and Russian border troops guarding a base in the city were on full alert. Nazran, the largest town in the region of Ingushetia, has been rocked by a spill-over of violence from Chechnya and was devastated in June by a rebel raid that killed more than 90 people, mainly police. Ingushetians are closely related to the Chechens, and in recent years a growing part of the mainly Muslim region has joined the fight against Russian rule which has battered Chechnya for a decade. Reuters enditem
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