The Halo Trust, a British charity working in the region, estimated that the death toll could reach 3,000.
The device was disabled by the Halo Trust.
It said "one of the structures covertly carrying out such activities" was Halo Trust, a nongovernmental organization.
In 1989, Mitchell took a leading role in the Halo Trust (the hazardous areas life-support organization).
He said Halo Trust entered Chechnya openly in 1997, after the first Chechen war ended and before the current conflict began.
An English relief worker of the Halo Trust demining organization working in this province reported the discovery and photographed the inscription.
The bomb was defused by employees of HALO Trust.
Mr. Halimi, supervisor of a mine removal team from the Halo Trust, a British nonprofit organization, knows just how dangerous.
No humanitarian mine clearance has taken place since the HALO Trust was evicted by Russia in December 1999.
The Global Head Quarters of the HALO Trust is located in the town inside a converted stable block.