Death toll from bomb blast in Chechnya over 20

14.05.2003

MOSCOW, May 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Over twenty people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the latest terrorist  attack in Chechnya on Wednesday.

According to Chechen prime minister's adviser Alexey Vasin, a woman attacker exploded herself in a crowd during a religious holiday in the village of Iliskhan-Yurt, the Gudermes district. Dozens of people were injured.

The Chechen Interior Ministry does not rule out the attack was against the head of the Chechen administration Akhmat Kadyrov, who attended the event. Kadyrov was not hurt. Teams of the Emergency Situations Ministry and investigators are on their way to the crime scene.
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