Rostov-on-Don, Oct 1, SPA -- Suspected rebels opened firewith automatic weapons on a patrol of Russian troops andlocal police in the region surrounding the Chechen capitalGrozny, killing two servicemen and wounding two others, theInterior Ministry said Saturday. Two suspected militants also died in Friday's clash, theministry's regional branch said. In another armed incident, federal forces on Fridaydiscovered a rebel base in the southeastern mountains witha large weapons cache including grenades and a machine-gunand shot dead a suspected Chechen insurgent, the Associated Press quoted interior ministry as saying.--SPA1240 Local Time 0940 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/293393