Massacre in Chechen town, censorship in Russia By Chris Hunter, AEN News 10 February 1996 [Peace Media Service] The Chechen town of Samashki, formerly with a population 65,000 people, has been completely destroyed by troops of the Russian United Forces, according to reports from inhabitants who managed to flee to neighboring Sernovodsk. They report that hundreds of women and children were killed by Russian troops. The attacks began the night of April 7-8. The town is near the Chechen border with Ingushetia. The village was completely sealed off April 9. No one was allowed to leave and journalists and the...