Four policemen were killed and another wounded in an explosion carried out by a suicide bomber in Shalinskiy District of Chechnya, yesterday. A spokesman for the Argunskiy interior department an unidentified man came up to several officers at a gas station and detonated an explosive device. Authorities say the bomber was a 30 year man, who was a native of the area. The battle between Chechnya and the Russian government had eased in recent years, but recent events like this one suggest simmering unrest is about to boil over again.

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