Russian group: Journalists attacked near Chechnya border
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The head of a Russian non-governmental organization says a group of activists and journalists has been attacked and their vehicle set afire near the border of Chechnya and a neighboring republic.
Igor Kalyapin, chairman of the Committee For Prevention of Torture and a member of the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council, said on the council's website that the attack took place Wednesday when assailants in three cars blocked a bus carrying activists and journalists on a media trip near the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia.
The attackers beat the participants and set the bus on fire.
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Russian news reports said the journalists included reporters from Sweden and Norway. Sweden's state broadcaster SR said its Moscow correspondent was among those who were attacked.