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Triple suicide bombing kills police in Chechnya on Eid | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
A triple suicide bomb attack has killed six police officers and two other people in the Chechen capital Grozny where Muslims are celebrating Eid. | |
A further 22 people were injured, five of them seriously, in the bombing late on Tuesday, Russian prosecutors said. | |
It appears the bombers used the first blast to lure police to the scene before setting off other explosives. | |
Correspondents say the attack is a reminder that the region in Russia's North Caucasus is far from stable. | |
Russian prosecutors released a statement naming two of the attackers as young Chechen men, aged 22 and 21. | |
No militant group said it had ordered the attacks. | |
Celebration day | |
It appears that all three attackers allowed themselves to be arrested before setting off their bombs. | |
The blasts took place in a densely populated district of Grozny, some 50m (yds) from a local parliament building. | |
The attack came as people in the predominantly Muslim republic celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the feast which marks the end of the Ramadan fast. | |
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the attackers had chosen "the most sacred day for all Muslims" and "shown their real faces". | |
A spokesman for Mr Kadyrov, Alvi Karimov, said that as a result of the attack: "Thousands of people are shedding tears instead of celebrating." | |
An emergency official and a civilian were among those killed by the three bombers. | |
Last year, Moscow declared victory against Chechen separatists and there has been a relative lull in the violence under Mr Kadyrov. | Last year, Moscow declared victory against Chechen separatists and there has been a relative lull in the violence under Mr Kadyrov. |
But the whole North Caucasus is seeing an insurgency led by Islamist rebels, correspondents say. | But the whole North Caucasus is seeing an insurgency led by Islamist rebels, correspondents say. |
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