RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 216, Part I, 7 November 2000
CHECHEN CITY MAYORESS ESCAPES ASSASSINATION BID. Malika
Gezimieva, who in January 2000 accepted the post of mayoress
of the town of Gudermes after no male candidate could be
found, sustained minor injuries in a car bomb explosion on 6
November, Interfax reported. Her driver and bodyguard were
both hospitalized. Gudermes is currently suffering an
epidemic of hepatitis-A: 152 people have been hospitalized
with the disease over the past month, according to ITAR-TASS
on 4 November. LF
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