MOSCOW, December 28 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Chechnya runs the risk of becoming "a second Palestine" with suicide bombings getting out of control, Chechen spokesman Akhmad Zakayev said Saturday, December 28.

Zakayev was commenting on a suicide attack in the Chechen capital Grozny that left hundreds of people killed and injured after almost flattening the headquarters of the pro-Russian administration in the war-ravaged Caucasus Islamic republic, seeking independence from the Russian control.

The attack "is the best possible proof that neither [administration chief Akhmad] Kadyrov nor the Russian federal forces control the situation in the republic," Zakayev told Moscow Echo radio from London, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"We have reached a dangerous threshold. If we cross it, we will have a second Palestine-versus-Israel but in Russia. The kamikaze killers are a warning.

"They're not following the directives of the President (Aslan Maskhadov), they're just people who can't stand the torrent of lies from politicians and the media," he said.

Maskhadov, ousted by Russia three years ago, has denied any involvement in Friday's bombings. He issued a statement of condolence Saturday saying the attack was wrong.

By Saturday, the death toll had risen to 55 as emergency teams continued to look for anyone still alive under the rubble, according to the BBC news online.

Maskhadov has urged rebels not to attack Russian forces, despite any provocation.

"I speak to those who have decided to take the path of self-sacrifice after suffering painful experiences and losses," he said in the statement carried on Chechen fighters' websites.

"I understand you but I cannot support you. The Kremlin uses any means to link Chechens to international terrorism. Our task is not to prove them right."

Zakayev, Maskhadov's chief spokesman who is currently based in London, is fighting an extradition bid by Moscow which has accused him of taking part in "terrorist actions," most of them committed during the first Chechen war of 1994-96.

On December 7, Zakayev said that the Russian state prosecutor had “served the Chechen cause” by failing to produce evidence to justify Zakayev’s extradition from Denmark on terrorism charges.

“The Russian state prosecutor has served my cause and that of all Chechens by showing Europe what methods it employs,” Zakayev told the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

“It is very important that [the terrorism charges levied at me] are put to the test of the law,” Zakayev said.