Moscow - Three children were killed in a bomb explosion in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, where 13 other people were killed over the weekend, news agencies quoted Russian forces as saying yesterday.
The children, aged four, seven and 15 were killed when the bomb exploded in a ruined building where they were playing, the breakaway republic's pro-Russian police told Interfax. The bodies of three other Grozny inhabitants, bearing traces of knife and bullet wounds, were discovered elsewhere in Grozny, the press service of Russian military command at nearby Khankala was cited as saying by ITAR-TASS. A fourth body had also been found, according to Interfax.