Report: Chechen parliament attacked

(CNN) -- At least two people are feared dead after a suicide bomber attacked the Chechen parliament Tuesday, Russian state television reported.

Another state news agency, RIA Novosti, said a car carrying militants entered the parliament compound as lawmakers were making their way in. One of them detonated explosives while two others managed to enter the building, the news agency said. A shootout ensued.

Other state news agencies also carried brief accounts of the attack. CNN has not been able to independently confirm the incident.

CNN's Matthew Chance contributed to this report.

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