A suicide bomber killed four policeman in Russia's Chechnya region today, RIA news agency reported.
"A suicide bomber blew himself up with explosives near a group of policemen in the Mesker-Yurt village in Chechnya today," a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said, referring to a town around 20km from the regional capital Grozny.
"Four people died, another was seriously wounded. A group of investigators are working at the site of the blast."
The number of attacks on officials and security forces has soared in Chechnya in recent months. Late last week two suicide bombers on bicycles killed four policemen in Grozny.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew into Chechnya yesterday to show support for its Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused by rights groups of abuses in the mainly Muslim region which is racked by violence.
Reuters
