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"I don't know who will take responsibility but you must know Kadyrov had a lot of enemies," said Akhmad Zakayev, a spokesman for Mr Maskhadov. "Torture happened even in his house. Kadyrov cannot be considered a civilian: he was one of those wag ing war in Chechnya and a marionette in the hands of the Kremlin." The blast ripped through concrete blocks beneath Mr Kadyrov's podium during a concert to mark the end of the second world war. An eight-year-old girl and a Reuters journalist were among the dead, as was the head of the Chechen state council.
Russia's NTV showed the scene immediately after the blast, as shocked security men fired randomly about the stadium. Mr Kadyrov, disliked by ordinary Chechens and installed by dubious elections in October, was shown being lifted from the rubble, his face bloodied and right hand missing. Aides carried him to a black Mercedes jeep.
From what I understand, Mr Kadyrov was no better than any other regional warlord. The people who did this, however, killed twenty-three other people to get the president. Expect that Moscow will respond with curfews and collective punishment measures. 
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posted 10 May 2004 08:32 AM
