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Bombing in Chechnya leaves 5 policemen dead
2014-10-06
[Iran Press TV] Five coppers have been killed and 12 others maimed after a bomber went kaboom! in the capital city of the southern Russian Republic of Chechnya, Russian Sherlocks say.

The Investigative Committee, Russia's leading federal investigative agency, said in a statement that the casualties came on Sunday when a coppers "foiled an attempt" by the assailant to attack a concert hall in Grozny.

A 19-year-old resident of Chechnya is believed to be the attacker, the statement added.

Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been quoted as saying that the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, detonated the explosives when police moved to stop him from going through metal detectors outside the concert hall.

The incident reportedly occurred several hours before the beginning of the concert, which coincided with Kadyrov's birthday.

He said the bomber "wanted to ruin people's joy on their day of celebration, but he has not succeeded."

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber...
Russia's Internal Affairs Ministry noted that there were no immediate reports of civilian deaths or injuries.

"At the cost of their lives, the police saved the lives of thousands of people," Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency quoted Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev as saying.
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