12:58, 25 May 2004
Purge conducted in Alkhan-Kala village
On May 24, federal forces continued the special operation they had started the day before in the village of Alkhan-Kala (Ermolovka), Chechnya's Grozny (rural) district. People who managed to leave this settlement reported on mass purges conducted in the houses of local residents. Two private houses were burnt down during the operation. Details are being ascertained.
Source: Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship