More violence in wake of Putin Chechnya visit

A suicide bomber killed three police officers at a carwash in a Chechen village on Tuesday, local police said. Police have identified the bomber as Mahomet Shakhidov, a member of a gang commanded by Hussein Gakayev. More violence in wake of Putin Chechnya visit Police initially reported that four officers had been killed in the attack in the Shali district of the Russian North Caucasus Republic. The suicide bomber approached police officers who were waiting for their vehicle to be cleaned at a carwash and set off a home-made explosive device hidden under his clothing. Three officers were killed on site, and a fourth has been hospitalized with severe wounds. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has ordered a complete review of all Interior Ministry facilities in the North Caucasus to assess vulnerability to terrorist attacks, following several months of increasing militant violence in the region. Last week at least 20 officers died in a truck bombing at the police headquarters in Nazran, Ingushetia's largest city, and suicide bombers on bicycles killed four officers in two attacks in the Chechen capital, Grozny. One police officer was killed and another injured in an attack by militants in the Vedeno District of the Russian Republic of Chechnya early on Tuesday. The officers were attacked while taking part in a special operation, a police sources said, according to a RIA Novosti report. Late on Monday, in neighboring Dagestan, a police station in the city of Khasavyurt came under attack by militants armed with a grenade launcher. No casualties have been reported. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has ordered a complete review of every Interior Ministry facility in the North Caucasus to assess their vulnerability to terrorist attacks. His order came after a suicide bomber rammed a minivan laden with explosives into the gates of a police station in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on August 18, killing over 20 officers. On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid a brief unannounced visit Chechnya. The visit came amid growing violence in the region, which saw two Kremlin-led wars with separatists in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The government press service said Putin and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov discussed the socioeconomic situation in the republic, its high unemployment rate, and several investment projects. They also laid flowers at the tomb of the regional leader's assassinated father and predecessor. Rights groups have accused Kadyrov of rights abuses that contributed to a rise in militant violence.

More violence in wake of Putin Chechnya visit

Police initially reported that four officers had been killed in the attack in the Shali district of the Russian North Caucasus Republic.

The suicide bomber approached police officers who were waiting for their vehicle to be cleaned at a carwash and set off a home-made explosive device hidden under his clothing. Three officers were killed on site, and a fourth has been hospitalized with severe wounds.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has ordered a complete review of all Interior Ministry facilities in the North Caucasus to assess vulnerability to terrorist attacks, following several months of increasing militant violence in the region.

Last week at least 20 officers died in a truck bombing at the police headquarters in Nazran, Ingushetia's largest city, and suicide bombers on bicycles killed four officers in two attacks in the Chechen capital, Grozny.

One police officer was killed and another injured in an attack by militants in the Vedeno District of the Russian Republic of Chechnya early on Tuesday. The officers were attacked while taking part in a special operation, a police sources said, according to a RIA Novosti report.

Late on Monday, in neighboring Dagestan, a police station in the city of Khasavyurt came under attack by militants armed with a grenade launcher. No casualties have been reported.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has ordered a complete review of every Interior Ministry facility in the North Caucasus to assess their vulnerability to terrorist attacks.

His order came after a suicide bomber rammed a minivan laden with explosives into the gates of a police station in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on August 18, killing over 20 officers.

On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin paid a brief unannounced visit Chechnya.

The visit came amid growing violence in the region, which saw two Kremlin-led wars with separatists in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The government press service said Putin and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov discussed the socioeconomic situation in the republic, its high unemployment rate, and several investment projects.

They also laid flowers at the tomb of the regional leader's assassinated father and predecessor.

Rights groups have accused Kadyrov of rights abuses that contributed to a rise in militant violence.