Reply #12: CNN Confirms that President and General Killed in Blast

[VolcanoJen]

Just confirmed on CNN-International. The information came from the Interior Ministry.

Most recent update, from Xinuha:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/09/content_1459062.htm

Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a top Russian general were killed in a powerful blast in a stadium in the republic's capital Grozny on Sunday.

The blast occurred underneath a VIP-seating area in the Dynamo stadium during a ceremony marking Russia's 59th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Kadyrov and General Valery Baranov, head of the Joint Army Command of the North Caucasus, were killed at the scene of the blast. They died after the explosion tore through the stadium where the president was attending a Victory Day celebration.