OFFICIALS SAY GRUESOME MURDER WORK OF PROVOCATEUR OR MADMAN.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 56

A Russian border guard was found decapitated and evisceratedin Budennovsk, and his blood had been used to write "Chechnya,Freedom, Independence" on a nearby wall, Interfax reportedJuly 19. Local prosecutors said the crime was obviously the workof a provocateur or a madman.