Inter Press ServiceCHECHNYA: Bomb blast kills 20 in village festive crowd https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/05/chechnya-bomb-blast-kills-20-in-village-festive-crowd/ News and Views from the Global South Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:09:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 CHECHNYA: Bomb blast kills 20 in village festive crowd https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/05/chechnya-bomb-blast-kills-20-in-village-festive-crowd/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2003/05/chechnya-bomb-blast-kills-20-in-village-festive-crowd/#respond Wed, 14 May 2003 11:55:00 +0000 IPS Correspondents http://ipsnews.net/?p=5521

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By IPS Correspondents
MOSCOW, May 14 2003 (IPS)

Over 20 people died and tens of others were injured as a result of Wednesday’s explosion during a religious holiday near the village of Belorechye, the Gudermes district of Chechnya, reported the Itar-Tass news agency today.

The bomb went off in a crowd of 15,000, sources at the Chechen administration told Itar-Tass news agency.

According to Chechen prime minister’s adviser Alexey Vasin, a woman attacker exploded herself in a crowd during a religious holiday in the village of Iliskhan-Yurt, Gudermes district.

The Chechen Interior Ministry does not rule out the attack was against the head of the Chechen administration Akhmat Kadyrov, who attended the event. Kadyrov was not hurt.

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