Putin cancels trip after rock festival bombing

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin cancelled a foreign trip due to begin yesterday, a day after two alleged Chechen rebel suicide bombers killed more than a dozen people at a Moscow open-air rock festival.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2003 - 01:00

Ron Popeski, Moscow

News reports said 48 people were still being treated in five hospitals. Some were in serious condition.

No one claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack.

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