By empty (7/13/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
One person was killed and another two were injured when an explosive device was set off on Tuesday in the Leninsky region of Grozny near acting Chechen President Sergei Abramov\'s convoy, Abramov\'s aide, Igor Tarasov, told Interfax. Abramov was not injured, Tarasov said. Deputy Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov, who was present at the scene of the bombing, told Interfax that one of Abramov\'s guards was killed in the explosion.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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