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Multiple attacks on police in Chechnya: leader
MOSCOW, Aug 20, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Armed assailants attacked policemen in
several locations in the Russian republic of Chechnya on Monday, the region’s
leader said, adding that several officers sustained injuries.
One assailant attempted a suicide bombing but failed, Chechen strongman
Ramzan Kadyrov said.
Two policemen were wounded in the town of Shali, and several traffic police
officers sustained injuries in capital Grozny, Kadyrov wrote on his official
Telegram social networking account, adding: “The bandits have been
neutralised.”
BSS/AFP/SSS/1903 hrs