Six injured by suicide bombers in Chechnya

ROSTOV-ON-DON. August 28. KAZINFORM. Three police officers and three civilians were injured early on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Chechen town of Shali, a Chechen police spokesman said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

He said the incident occurred at around 12:10 a.m. Moscow time (20:10 GMT) when police were attempting to arrest the suspects.

"When one of the militants was wounded he set off an explosive device and took his life. Then the next one did the same. They had plenty of explosives with them," the spokesman said on Friday morning, adding that both militants were members of a gang led by Hussein Gakayev.

All the injured people were taken to Shali hospital with shrapnel wounds, the spokesman said; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.