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News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
Four police officers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Grozny, Chechnya, Russian prosecutors said Monday...Criminal proceedings have also been initiated in connection with the incident, the Russian news agency said. According to Chechen...
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News Source: Moscow Times
| about 1 year ago
The blast, set off by remote control, occurred late Sunday, the Emergency Situations Ministry's regional branch said...The officers were part of a 10-man unit working to tighten security in the city before Wednesday's inauguration of President-elect...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
T he blast occurred late yesterday, Russian news agencies reported today. The police officers were making security arrangements ahead of the official inauguration of President-elect Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday after which outgoing President Vladimir...
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News Source: Turkish Press
| about 1 year ago
A bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Russia's restive Chechnya province killed five policemen, just days ahead of Dmitry Medvedev's inauguration as new president, police said Monday. The attack occurred just outside the capital Grozny on Sunday,...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
Five policemen were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion in Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported Monday. N o has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack in the suburb of the Chechen capital Grozny. On Saturday, a group of 25 suspected...
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News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
At least five police officers were killed in Chechnya on Sunday when a makeshift remote-controlled bomb exploded in Grozny, the capital, the authorities and local news services said. A separate ambush Sunday killed an officer riding in a convoy in...
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News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 year ago
Police Officers Killed in Chechnya Blast, Authorities Say Published: May 5, 2008 Filed at 5:01 a.m. ON-DON, Russia (AP) -- A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside in the capital of troubled Chechnya, leaving five police officers dead, while...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
Five policemen were killed and two others injured when a bomb exploded near a police checkpoint in Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday. The blast went off in Grozny, the Chechen capital late on Sunday.
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
The officers were working on security ahead of the inauguration of Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev. Major fighting between Chechen rebels and Russian forces has died down in recent years but hit and run attacks on security forces have...
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News Source: Turkish Press
| about 1 year ago
Five policemen were killed when a home-made mine loaded with shrapnel exploded in the restive Russian province of Chechnya, a local police official told AFP on Monday. "Yesterday evening in the Staropromyslovsky region of Grozny five interior...