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17 killed in bomb blast at market in Russia
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September 10, 2010, Friday
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A SUICIDE car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's North Caucasus yesterday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the worst attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said.
The attacker detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.
At least 17 people, including the bomber, were killed and 133 were wounded in the explosion, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in southern Russia. He said 98 of the injured were in hospital, many in a grave condition.
Russian television stations showed a shrapnel-littered square in front of the market, with blood stains on the pavement and rows of vehicles scarred by the blast.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent his regional envoy to Vladikavkaz to help coordinate efforts to help the victims. He urged investigators to "do everything to track down the beasts, the scoundrels who conducted that terror attack."
The market attack came as Muslims were preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
"The crimes like the one that was committed in the North Caucasus today are aimed at sowing enmity between our citizens," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Russia's top Islamic cleric. "We mustn't allow this."
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was the deadliest such attack in the region since a double suicide bombing killed 12 people, mostly police officers, in the province of Dagestan in April. Twin suicide bombings on the Moscow subway in March killed 40 people and wounded more than 100.
Vladikavkaz is the capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia. Although it is less plagued by violence than some other republics in the region such as Chechnya and Dagestan, North Ossetia has experienced ethnic tensions and frequent attacks.
It was the scene of the 2004 Beslan crisis, in which Chechen militants took hundreds of hostages at a school - a siege that ended in a bloodbath killing more than 330 people, about half of them children.
In Dagestan, officials said a hotel employee and another civilian were shot to death by men trying to build a bomb in their hotel room.
A spokesman said the shooting took place on Wednesday in the capital Makhachkala. He said three men fled a room in the hotel after an explosion and opened fire on a clerk and another person who confronted them. Police found several bombs and six grenades in the room.
The attacker detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.
At least 17 people, including the bomber, were killed and 133 were wounded in the explosion, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in southern Russia. He said 98 of the injured were in hospital, many in a grave condition.
Russian television stations showed a shrapnel-littered square in front of the market, with blood stains on the pavement and rows of vehicles scarred by the blast.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sent his regional envoy to Vladikavkaz to help coordinate efforts to help the victims. He urged investigators to "do everything to track down the beasts, the scoundrels who conducted that terror attack."
The market attack came as Muslims were preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
"The crimes like the one that was committed in the North Caucasus today are aimed at sowing enmity between our citizens," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Russia's top Islamic cleric. "We mustn't allow this."
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing, which was the deadliest such attack in the region since a double suicide bombing killed 12 people, mostly police officers, in the province of Dagestan in April. Twin suicide bombings on the Moscow subway in March killed 40 people and wounded more than 100.
Vladikavkaz is the capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia. Although it is less plagued by violence than some other republics in the region such as Chechnya and Dagestan, North Ossetia has experienced ethnic tensions and frequent attacks.
It was the scene of the 2004 Beslan crisis, in which Chechen militants took hundreds of hostages at a school - a siege that ended in a bloodbath killing more than 330 people, about half of them children.
In Dagestan, officials said a hotel employee and another civilian were shot to death by men trying to build a bomb in their hotel room.
A spokesman said the shooting took place on Wednesday in the capital Makhachkala. He said three men fled a room in the hotel after an explosion and opened fire on a clerk and another person who confronted them. Police found several bombs and six grenades in the room.
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