Jochen Piest (1964 in

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– 1995 in Tscherwljonnaja) was a German correspondent for the German

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Life

On 10 January 1995, Piest was killed in a

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by a Chechen rebel against a Russian mine-clearing unit in the village of Chervlyonna, about 24 kilometers northeast of the Chechen capital,

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. Piest was fatally hit by three bullets, while a ''

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'' correspondent Vladimir Sorokin was wounded in the attack. The gunman died when the locomotive collided with the military train.Yeltsin Weighs a Shake-Up Of Russian Army Command
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'', 12 January 1995

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1964 births 1995 deaths German reporters and correspondents German male journalists Journalists killed while covering the Chechen wars War correspondents of the Chechen wars German male writers {{Germany-journalist-stub