6 injured in Chechnya suicide blast
Source: http://www.abc.net.au
By Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan
Posted Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:18pm AEST
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up next to a police car in the Russian republic of Chechnya, injuring six people.
Russian news agencies are reporting that a woman ran up to a police car with two officers inside in the Chechen capital of Grozny.
She reached for the car's door and there was an explosion, a local police source told the Interfax news agency.
The blast was powerful enough to shatter windows in a nearby five-storey building.
Although Russia ended a decade-long anti-terrorism operation in Chechnya in April, the strife-torn republic has experienced ongoing attacks that authorities have attributed to militants.
By Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan
Posted Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:18pm AEST
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up next to a police car in the Russian republic of Chechnya, injuring six people.
Russian news agencies are reporting that a woman ran up to a police car with two officers inside in the Chechen capital of Grozny.
She reached for the car's door and there was an explosion, a local police source told the Interfax news agency.
The blast was powerful enough to shatter windows in a nearby five-storey building.
Although Russia ended a decade-long anti-terrorism operation in Chechnya in April, the strife-torn republic has experienced ongoing attacks that authorities have attributed to militants.
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