A woman committed a suicide bombing in Grozny

A woman blew herself up at a checkpoint in the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny (north-western part of the city).

Details . The self-explosion occurred on the outskirts of Grozny at about 4 p.m. According to the official version, a young girl approached one of the police posts. Noticing inappropriate behavior, the police asked her to stop and show documents. Instead, she rushed to the post, the law enforcement officers fired a warning shot, after which the woman blew herself up. According to a video published by the Mash telegram channel, the explosion was preceded by targeted shooting at the woman by several security forces at once.

• There are no other victims or injured.
• The identity of the suicide bomber has not yet been established. According to preliminary data, she is a native of Dagestan .

Context . The last major terrorist attack involving a suicide bomber in Russia was the explosion in the St. Petersburg metro on April 3, 2017 . The last suicide bombing in Chechnya took place in May 2016.