Chechnya bomb kills five

Five police officers have been killed by a roadside bomb in Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, officials have said.

The officers were working on security ahead of the inauguration of Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev. Major fighting between Chechen rebels and Russian forces has died down in recent years but hit and run attacks on security forces have continued. The attack, late on Sunday, is the most lethal in many months.

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