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RUSSIA - May 9 - Policeman Killed In Chechnya.


A Russian police officer is killed and two others wounded by a bomb that goes off just before the start of Victory Day celebrations in Grozny. The device explodes about 40 metres from Grozny's Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium or Dinamo Stadium may refer to the following stadia:
  • In Russia:
  • Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)
  • Dynamo Stadium (Bryansk)
, where a military parade The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance.  celebrating the 58th anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany was to take place. Chechen Interior Minister Alu Alkhanov Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov was the president of Russia's Chechen Republic.

Alkhanov is a career police officer who fought within the ranks of the Russian army during the First Chechen War. He was elected president on August 30, 2004, under controversial circumstances.
 said the explosive device was hidden near the stadium on May 8. After the explosion, the parade was cancelled.
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Publication:APS Diplomat Recorder
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EXRU
Date:May 10, 2003
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