Bomb kills 21 in Chechnya

Moscow - A small Chechen village began burying its dead yesterday from one of the worst single attacks on civilians in the 14…

Moscow - A small Chechen village began burying its dead yesterday from one of the worst single attacks on civilians in the 14-month war, as Moscow tried to recover from another setback in its campaign against separatist rebels in the breakaway republic.

Twenty-one people died on Saturday after a powerful carbomb ripped through a square in Alkhan-Yurt, south of the capital Grozny. Security services had received a tip-off and detonated one explosive device earlier in the day but another bomb was hidden under the bonnet of the same car and exploded as villagers looked on.

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