Rostov-on-Don (Russia): A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed three police officers on Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said.
Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.
The attack is the latest in a rising wave of violence against police and soldiers in Russia`s North Caucasus. At least 25 people died in the August 17 suicide truck bombing of a police station in neighbouring Ingushetia.
Separatist rebels and Russian troops have fought two full-scale wars in Chechnya over the past 15 years, and small clashes persist.
Earlier Tuesday, the Chechen Interior Ministry said a policeman was killed and another wounded in an overnight clash with militants.
On Friday, suicide bombers on bicycles killed four policemen in Chechnya.
Bureau Report
