Explosions thundered in Grozny: there are victims

Explosions thundered in the capital of the Chechen Republic. As RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to preliminary data, they were performed by three suicide bomber. "One made a self -break while trying to detain the police by an outfit. Two more were blown up at the moment when law enforcement officers arrived at the scene and passers -by gathered," the agency’s interlocutor said.

According to the source, the first explosion thundered on Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street, when employees of the patrol service tried to detain a suspicious man to verify documents. Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene and passers -by gathered. At that moment, another explosion thundered in the crowd.

According to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, as a result of the explosions, seven people died, 18 were injured. Later, the Minister of Health of Chechnya Musa Akhmadov said that the number of victims increased to eight. Among the dead are six police officers, an employee of the Ministry of Emergencies and one civilian. Among the wounded there are both law enforcement officers and civilians. "Currently, there are 22 people in the hospital, five of them are in serious condition," Akhmadov said.

He added that the Ministry of Emergency Situations proposed to send a special forces to Grozny to transport the victims to Moscow. “The condition of the seriously wounded does not allow them to transport them. Some“ difficult ”do not need this,” Akhmadov said.

Kadyrov held an emergency meeting on Wednesday night with law enforcement representatives. He instructed to take comprehensive measures to organize the funeral of the dead and the provision of material assistance to their families.

Commenting on the first explosion, Kadyrov told reporters that, having committed a crime on the day of the Muslim holiday, "the bandits once again showed their true face."

“The incident indicates that the militants have nothing saint. For them, there is neither religion, nor morality and nothing else. And again we are convinced that this evil needs to burn with red -hot iron,” Kadyrov emphasized.

The place of the incident remains numb. The operational-investigation group works on the spot.