(RIA Novosti) - Four Interior Ministry servicemen were killed and one wounded in an explosion at a garrison near a television tower in the Chechen capital, local police said Thursday. | “... the explosion occurred through incompetent handling. Premeditated crime and terrorism have been ruled out... ” |
Mikhail Renskov, an aide to the military prosecutor, said: "On Thursday at around 9:00 a.m. [5:00 a.m. GMT], servicemen at a garrison in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny were dismantling an explosive device." The device is believed to have been a mine, and "the explosion occurred through incompetent handling," he said. Premeditated crime and terrorism have been ruled out by investigators, Renskov said.