The world community has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Grozny.

The world community has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Grozny, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov was killed.

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, re-affirmed its condemnation of all forms of terrorism regardless of its alleged motives and whoever its perpetrators.

It said in a written statement that this heinous attack illustrates the need to further improve international coordination against terrorism worldwide.

Russian politicians as well as various circles of the society condemned the Sunday blast in the Chechen capital of Grozny.

State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov described the "inhuman" terrorist attack as a challenge to world civilization. The Chechen government and presidential administration issued a statement, denouncing the blast and pledging to intensify the fight against terrorism.

Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Turkey did not approve any act of terrorism including those linked with the Chechnya problem.

The statement said that Turkey has many times stressed that terrorism would not be a cure to the solution of current problems. The Chechnya problem should be solved within the territorial integrity of Russia, on the basis of respect to human rights and through peaceful ways.

The Itar-Tass news agency reported that at least 14 people including Kadyrov were killed and 53 others injured on Sunday in a blast that rocked a stadium in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway Chechen Republic.