Seven killed in attack on church in Russia's Grozny

Seven killed in attack on church in Russia's Grozny

MOSCOW: In Russia, seven people including two policemen have been killed in rebels attack on church in central Grozny.

Gunmen stormed the building in a bid to take hostages – with no responsbility for the attack yet claimed.

Interfax news agency reports the gunmen were "eliminated" by security services in a fierce gunfight.

The battle also claimed the lives of two cops and a churchgoer at the Church of Michael the Archangel in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya.
 AP