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GROZNY, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Four Interior Ministry servicemen were killed and one wounded in an explosion at a garrison near a television tower in the Chechen capital, local police said Thursday.
The report was confirmed by the Military Prosecutor's Office of the North Caucasus joint forces.
Mikhail Renskov, an aide to the military prosecutor, said: "On Thursday at around 9:00 a.m. [5:00 a.m. GMT], servicemen at a garrison in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny were dismantling an explosive device."
The device is believed to have been a mine, and "the explosion occurred through incompetent handling," he said.
Premeditated crime and terrorism have been ruled out by investigators, Renskov said.
