MOSCOW (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed two policemen Friday in the capital of Russia's southern region of Chechnya, news agencies reported, citing local law enforcement officials.
The blast took place near the local interior ministry in Grozny, RIA news agency reported.
Russia has fought two wars in Chechnya against Muslim rebels since 1994, but over recent years Kremlin-backed forces have largely pacified the region. Moscow last month lifted decade-long security restrictions in Chechnya, but Russian media have reported sporadic fighting since then.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Mark Trevelyan)