Chechen bomb attacks kill 46

SUSPECTED Chechen rebel suicide bombers rammed vehicles packed with a ton of explosives into the local government headquarters in Grozny yesterday, gutting the building and killing at least 46 people.

Two huge explosions went off within a minute of each other, devastating the four story government building, gutting rows of official vehicles and spewing debris over a wide area.

Television pictures showed bodies scattered on the frozen ground as small groups of dazed staff and security personnel, blood pouring from head wounds, staggered toward medical crews.