RUSSIA:CHECHNYA: BODIES UNEARTHED IN A MASS SHALLOW GRAVE

(24 May 1995) CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE THIS STORY CONTAINS IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES (GRAPHIC IMAGES) Natural Sound Gruesome pictures, said to be of dead Chechen soldiers, women and children, have been obtained by Associated Press Television in Poland. A senior Chechen official said he smuggled the video out of Grozny, where it was allegedly filmed on May 15th. The bodies unearthed in a mass, shallow grave are said to be Chechen soldiers and civilians. Many of the bodies appear badly disfigured. The Chechens claim the Russians use flamethrowers to burn away civilians’ faces so their corpses can’t be identified. Abdoul Kadyrov, the Chechen government’s chief European representative, says he bribed people to get the video filmed. Kadyrov gave Associated Press Television the exclusive footage in Poland. He said it was taken May 15, a day before he left the region. The Chechen representative told The Associated Press most of the peo