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Chechen rebel leader Maskhadov killed

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia- Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, whom Russian officials claim was a key figure behind last year's school hostage crisis and other deadly terrorist acts, has been killed, a spokesman for Russian forces said Tuesday. One report said Maskhadov was killed accidentally by his bodyguards.

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Interfax, citing Chechnya's Kremlin-backed deputy prime minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, also reported that Russian forces intended to take Maskhadov alive, but he was killed by careless weapons-handling by his bodyguards. Three of Maskhadov's closest associates were detained, Interfax reported.

Oops.