Bomb on Dudayev first anniversary

GEKHI-CHU A bomb exploded near the breakaway Russian region of Chechnya yesterday, the first anniversary of the death of separatist…

GEKHI-CHU A bomb exploded near the breakaway Russian region of Chechnya yesterday, the first anniversary of the death of separatist leader Mr Dzhokhar Dudayev, and Moscow stepped up security across the Caucasus. Chechen leaders gathered in the village of Gekhi Chu to commemorate. Mr Dudayev's death there in a Russian rocket attack.

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