Casualites in blast but Chechen president unhurt

An explosion hit the motorcade of Chechnya’s acting president today, causing casualties, the Interfax news agency reported.

Acting President Sergei Abramov, who took the reins of the violence-plagued region when its president was assassinated in May, was not injured in the blast in the Chechen capital Grozny, Interfax reported.

However, it said that one of the cars in the motorcade was damaged and that there were casualties.