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"And we will liberate Chechnya and the entire Caucasus, God willing," said the militant.
"According to the latest data, the blast killed five policemen, twelve others received wounds," a police spokesman said. Four police officers died at the scene, while the fifth later died of wounds at a local hospital.The incident happened ahead of a concert dedicated to City Day in Grozny, which is home to over 280,000 people, most of them Chechens. According to the Internal Affairs Ministry, police forces noticed a suspicious man outside a concert hall.
Five killed in suicide bombing in Chechen capital
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. 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.
The bomber was identified as 19-year-old Opti Mudarov, a resident of Grozny. The ministry said he had disappeared two months ago and had had no contact with his family since then.
This was a high-profile and symbolic target.
This year, Grozny City Day celebrations coincide with the birthday of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.He recently asserted that extremist Islamic insurgents - who carried out major bomb attacks in Russia in the run-up to the Winter Olympics - were no longer a threat in Chechnya, and no longer recruiting.
The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, told journalists at the scene that the suicide bomber was wearing a police uniform and presented police identification when he tried to go through metal detectors set up outside a concert hall in Grozny, the capital. When police moved to stop him, he detonated the explosives, Kadyrov said.
On a day of unity and celebration in Grozny, a highly symbolic attack takes place. Not a coincidence.Coming just after an ISIS threat? Taking into consideration Ukraine and more? Feels like a plan.