GROZNY, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – Chechnya's Health Ministry has refused the assistance of the federal ministry after an explosion in Grozny killed five police officers, saying that the local hospital has everything necessary to help the wounded.
"The Federal Ministry offered us their help, but we refused, because we are able to deal with the situation on our own," the republic's Health Minister Musa Akhmadov said.
The Chechen minister also noted that one of the injured police officers is in grave condition, but his life is not in danger.
"We have received a total of 11 people, all of them are police officers, one in grave condition, but his life is not in danger," Akhmadov said, noting that all the victims have mine-explosive and shrapnel wounds.
On Sunday evening, a concert was scheduled to celebrate City Day in Grozny. At the entrance to the concert hall, the policemen noticed a suspicious young man. As they tried to inspect him and establish his identity, the man exploded himself.
Russia's Investigative Committee stated that five people were killed and 12 were injured as a result of the suicide bombing.
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has instructed to prepare the documents for awarding the deceased police officers, who prevented the suicide bomber from reaching civilians.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov offered his condolences to the families and friends of those, killed in the Grozny bombing on Sunday and expressed confidence that all those guilty of this crime would be punished.
