| A radio-controlled land mine exploded at a bus station Friday in the Chechen capital Grozny, killing at least three people. The Chechen branch of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the mine went off close to a passenger bus and several other vehicles. The bus driver, Uvad Dzhamalayev, said the deaths occurred in the vehicles, not the bus. An official with Chechen Justice Ministry said on condition of anonymity that a car carrying Moscow Chechen police officers was riding in front of the bus when the explosion took place, and the mine may have targeted the car. He said that three people were killed and 12 wounded. |