Suicide bomber attack kills 5 in Chechen capitalOctober 6, 2014 - 11:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Chechen capital Grozny, also killing five police officers and wounding at least 12 other people, BBC News reported. The attack took place outside a hall where a concert marking Grozny's City Day was about to take place. An interior ministry statement said police were searching a "suspicious" young man when he detonated a device. The statement said that police officers on duty at the event "noticed a suspicious young man near metal detectors set up at the concert hall". "When the police decided to search him and establish his identity, the man blew himself up," it said. The bomber was identified as 19-year-old Opti Mudarov, a resident of Grozny. The ministry said he had disappeared two months ago and had had no contact with his family since then. Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said he would decorate the police officers involved for preventing what it described as a major terrorist act. "They gave their lives to save thousands of people who had come to the concert," Itar-Tass news agency quoted the ministry as saying. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the bomber "wanted to ruin people's joy on their day of celebration, but he has not succeeded". He also pledged to find and punish the perpetrators. Photo: Corrupcia Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |