Grozny: Suicide Bombing Hits Chechen Capital -- BBC

Five police officers have been killed and at least eight other people hurt in a suicide attack in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russian officials say.

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.

Grozny was ravaged by two wars between Russia and Chechen separatists but has been relatively calm in recent years.

The Russian 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.

There has been no information about any civilian casualties.

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