Er, that’s not very heroic…
By Interesting comparison:
The most wanted Chechen rebel warlord, Shamil Basayev, has died in an explosion in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia.
Russia’s FSB security service chief, Nikolai Patrushev, said Basayev was killed in a “special operation”.
But a pro-rebel website said Basayev and three other militants died when a lorry carrying explosives blew up accidentally.
I know that you don’t want to depict the Russians as particularly competent, but isn’t “Heroically Slaughtered by the Enemy” a better epitaph than “Accidentally Blew Up While Riding in a Truck“?