Car Bombs Hit Chechen Government Headquarters, 25 Reported Killed
MOSCOW — Two powerful car bombs ripped through the headquarters of Chechnya's pro-Moscow government in the regional capital Grozny on Friday, killing at least 25 people, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Tsakayev told the Interfax news agency that the bombs were contained in a truck and a car that broke into the government compound. He said that authorities were still trying to determine the number of casualties, which he characterized as "significant."
ITAR-Tass quoted a source in the Chechen prosecutor's office as saying that a minimum of 25 people were killed.
NTV television showed stunned and bleeding people stumbling out of the rubble of the administration building, one of the few in the war-shattered Chechen capital to have been completely renovated. Others were dragged by their hands and feet, while bloodied soldiers tried to establish order.
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