Last hostages freed

Tuesday 20 February 1996 00:02 GMT

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Last hostages freed

Moscow - Chechen rebels freed 12 Russian police commandos, the only remaining hostages from a raid last month into the neighbouring Dagestan region. But in Chechnya, hundreds of separatist fighters were still blocked by Russian troops in the village of Novogroznensky, in a stand-off reminiscent of last month's siege in Dagestan.The hostages, among 37 from an elite OMON unit seized in the Dagestani village of Pervomayskoye on 10 January, were exchanged for a number of guerrillas - up to 11 - captured when Russian forces stormed the settlement. Reuter

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