Bomb kills 9 in Chechnya

GROZNY - At least nine bystanders were killed and about 15 injured by a bomb intended to kill top Chechen rebel commander Aslan…

GROZNY - At least nine bystanders were killed and about 15 injured by a bomb intended to kill top Chechen rebel commander Aslan Maskhadov, a separatist spokesman said yesterday.

The reported assassination attempt came as Russian forces and independence fighters confronted each other throughout the south of the tiny Muslim republic.

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