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Explosions Wound Eight in Southern Russia |
2005-06-26 |
![]() In Dagestan's provincial capital, Makhachkala, an explosive device went off shortly after midnight as a police vehicle drove by, wounding two officers. When another police vehicle arrived on the scene, another explosion occurred, wounding four senior police officers, according to the regional branch of Russia's Interior Ministry. Several hours later, another explosion occurred in Khasavyurt, a town six miles east of the border with Chechnya. Nobody was hurt, said Andzhela Martirosova, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry. |
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