'Suspect package' man dies in polling day blast

A man who tried to bring a suspicious package into a polling station in Chechnya today was killed in an explosion as he ran away, election officials said.

A man who tried to bring a suspicious package into a polling station in Chechnya today was killed in an explosion as he ran away, election officials said.

The blast in Grozny, the capital, came as Chechens voted to replace former president and Muslim cleric Akhmad Kadyrov, who was killed in a bomb attack in May.

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