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Chechnya suicide blast kills 5

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  • Suicide bomber detonated before group of police officers, RIA Novosti reports
  • Four civilians hospitalized, one in serious condition, Itar-Tass reports
  • At least nine people injured, agency says
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(CNN) -- Four police officers were killed Sunday by a suicide explosion in the center of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, the Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing police at the scene of the attack.

A person approached the group in front of a concert hall and detonated, wounding nine people, the agency reported.

One civilian died in a hospital after the blast, another official news agency, Itar-Tass, reported.

Another four civilians remained hospitalized, one in serious condition, Itar-Tass added.

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