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Events on Sunday 9 May 2004 1
2004Assassination of Akhmad KadyrovChechen president killed in a bombing at a Grozny stadiumA bomb hidden beneath a VIP stand detonated during a Victory Day parade in Grozny, killing Chechnya's Moscow-backed president Akhmad Kadyrov. His son Ramzan later rose to power in the republic.