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8 dead, including 7 police, in Chechnya suicide bombings
By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press
MOSCOW - Russia's top investigative body says eight people
including seven policeman have died after suicide bombings in the
capital of Chechnya.
A statement from the Investigative Committee says three
perpetrators of the Tuesday evening blasts in Grozny have been
identified, but did not specify how many explosions there were.
Some Russian news reports said there were two blasts.
According to the Wednesday statement, the bombers blew themselves
up when police stopped them during a search operation. A further
22 people were wounded, the committee said.
The blasts were the bloodiest recent incident of violence in
Chechnya, where an Islamic insurgency has diminished after two
full-scale wars with Russian forces over the past two decades. The
neighbouring republic of Dagestan is plagued by near-daily
insurgent violence and clashes with police.