Grenade explosion injures 19 people at wedding in Chechnya

Nineteen people were injured after a grenade exploded at a wedding party in Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus region, local police said on Sunday.

GROZNY, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - Nineteen people were injured after a grenade exploded at a wedding party in Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus region, local police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred late on Saturday in the village of Sary-Su in the Shelkovsky district in northeastern Chechnya when young people started quarrelling, the police said.

"Mostly young people aged 17-25 suffered from the explosion. They received fragmentation wounds," the police said, adding that the injuries were not life-threatening.

An investigation is under way, the police said.