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Chechen girls die entering Poland | Chechen girls die entering Poland |
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Polish border guards have found the bodies of three Chechen sisters - the youngest aged six - who died in the mountains on the border with Ukraine. | Polish border guards have found the bodies of three Chechen sisters - the youngest aged six - who died in the mountains on the border with Ukraine. |
The guards found their exhausted mother on Thursday clutching a fourth child - a two-year-old son - near the border. | |
They had been trying to enter Poland illegally. They had spent four days in the cold and wet, the woman said. | They had been trying to enter Poland illegally. They had spent four days in the cold and wet, the woman said. |
The bodies were found 1,100m (3,600 ft) up a mountain in the Bieszczady range. The girls were aged six, 10 and 13. | The bodies were found 1,100m (3,600 ft) up a mountain in the Bieszczady range. The girls were aged six, 10 and 13. |
Thousands have fled Chechnya in more than a decade of conflict. | Thousands have fled Chechnya in more than a decade of conflict. |
The mother and surviving child are now in hospital. |
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