Roadside bomb kills Russian soldier

A roadside bomb struck a car in the Chechen capital of Grozny today, killing one Russian and wounding at least three others, government officials said.

The explosive was detonated by remote control as the vehicle carrying the soldiers passed, said Sergei Petrov, a duty officer of the southern regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry.

He said one serviceman was killed and five others were wounded. But Roman Shchekotin, spokesman for the southern district office of the Russian Interior Ministry, said one was killed and three were wounded in the blast.