GROZNY, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - The suicide bomber who set off an explosive device in Chechnya's capital on Sunday, killing six people, has been identified, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
"During the course of the investigation experts established the identity of the bomber, who set off the explosion near the concert hall. He was Rustam Mukhadiev, a resident of Argun [a town in Chechnya's Shalinsky District] born in 1988," the spokesman said.
According to the police, Mukhadiev had been a member of armed opposition groups since 2007. "He joined the militant group headed by Muncigov, also known as 'Shatral,'" the spokesman added.
According to the police, the blast occurred 40 meters (130 feet) from the concert hall at 17:00 Moscow time (13:00 GMT) on Sunday. At the time of the attack, there was a crowd of the people on the square. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov was due to attend the event in the concert hall, but he arrived late.
Four police officers were among the six people killed.
The previous terrorist bomb attack in Grozny occurred on July 7, when a bomb went off in a trash can, injuring nine people.
