Breaking. Some reports say he was injured
Chechnya’s pro-Moscow leader and the commander of Russian troops have been killed in a bomb blast, reports say. President Akhmad Kadyrov and Gen Valery Baranov were in the Dynamo stadium in the capital, Grozny, at a ceremony marking victory in World War II. A spokesman for Russia’s emergency situations ministry said a landmine had exploded in a VIP seating area. The explosion killed and injured an unknown number of other people, Russian media reported. Russian television showed chaotic scenes at the stadium as emergency services treated the victims. The emergency ministry spokesman said a second landmine had been found following the evacuation of the stadium. Police and hospital officials quoted by the AFP news agency said at least eight people had been killed and 32 injured. However, the Russian news agency Interfax put the number of casualties at one dead and 25 injured.
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