Summary of the main news related to the conflict in Chechnya. Compiled by Prague Watchdog.
Monday, May 5
No major events.
Tuesday, May 6
Four Chechen police officers were killed on a road near the village of Komsomolskoye in the Urus-Martanovsky district.
Wednesday, May 7
No major events.
Thursday, May 8
No major events.
Friday, May 9
A bomb exploded near the Dinamo stadium in the Leninski district of Grozny, wounding three policemen, one of whom died in the hospital in the evening. The celebration of the end of the World War II which were to take place at the stadium was cancelled for security reasons.
Saturday, May 10
The Russian musical "Nord-Ost", which became notorious when a Chechen commando seized the Dubrovka theater in Moscow in October 2002 and was holding some 800 people hostage for three days, closed. "Nord-Ost" returned to its stage on February 8.
Sunday, May 11
A total of 245 people have gone missing in Chechnya since the beginning of the year, said Mavsur Khamidov, Chechen Deputy Prime Minister in charge of relations with law enforcement agencies. Khamidov blamed both federal soldiers and Chechen militants for the disappearances.
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