Chechen rebels killed in clash with Russian troops

Russian troops clashed with rebels in southern Chechnya, killing five, including a Turkish citizen, a federal spokesman said today.

The insurgents were spotted late yesterday near the village of Serzhen-Yurt, some 22 miles south-east of the Chechen capital, Grozny, said a spokesman for federal troops in Chechnya, Maj.-Gen. Ilya Shabalkin.