Suicide bomber targets police HQ
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April 6, 2010, Tuesday
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A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up at a police station in a troubled Russian province yesterday, killing two officers and wounding two others as Islamic insurgency continued to spread across the region.
The bomber's car later exploded, wounding an investigator.
The attack took place in Ingushetia, a primarily Muslim province in the North Caucasus area in southwestern Russia.
Ingushetia, Dagestan and other Caucasus provinces have been plagued by attacks and bombings by Islamic militants who have spread across the region after separatist wars in Chechnya.
Dagestan, between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, was the site of two suicide bombings last Wednesday that killed 12 people, mostly police officers. Another explosion there on Thursday killed two suspected militants. On Sunday, two powerful explosions derailed a cargo train, but no one was injured.
A week ago, two suicide bombers killed 40 commuters and wounded 121 on the Moscow subway. Authorities have blamed militants from the North Caucasus.
In Ingushetia, the attacker detonated his explosives at police headquarters in the town of Karabulak.
More officers were lining up for roll call inside the compound, and investigators believe they may have been the target. But the attacker set off his explosive belt when police at the entrance demanded his ID.
About half an hour later, the vehicle he had parked outside the headquarters exploded. The explosions damaged the police headquarters and nearby residential buildings and destroyed several cars.
There have been several previous suicide bombings at police stations in the Caucasus.
(AP)
The bomber's car later exploded, wounding an investigator.
The attack took place in Ingushetia, a primarily Muslim province in the North Caucasus area in southwestern Russia.
Ingushetia, Dagestan and other Caucasus provinces have been plagued by attacks and bombings by Islamic militants who have spread across the region after separatist wars in Chechnya.
Dagestan, between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea, was the site of two suicide bombings last Wednesday that killed 12 people, mostly police officers. Another explosion there on Thursday killed two suspected militants. On Sunday, two powerful explosions derailed a cargo train, but no one was injured.
A week ago, two suicide bombers killed 40 commuters and wounded 121 on the Moscow subway. Authorities have blamed militants from the North Caucasus.
In Ingushetia, the attacker detonated his explosives at police headquarters in the town of Karabulak.
More officers were lining up for roll call inside the compound, and investigators believe they may have been the target. But the attacker set off his explosive belt when police at the entrance demanded his ID.
About half an hour later, the vehicle he had parked outside the headquarters exploded. The explosions damaged the police headquarters and nearby residential buildings and destroyed several cars.
There have been several previous suicide bombings at police stations in the Caucasus.
(AP)
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