| Submit your comments on this article |
| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Caucasus Corpse Count |
| 2005-09-08 |
| A roadside bomb killed a Russian soldier in the turbulent Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, a day after three policemen were killed in an attack blamed on local Islamists. The local interior minister said the soldier had been checking for bombs around a military camp near the town of Khasavyurt on the border with Chechnya when the blast occurred. Attacks on police and soldiers are common in Muslim Dagestan, which has been rocked by the overspill of fighting from Chechnya where separatist guerrillas have fought Russian rule for a decade. Interfax news agency reported fresh fighting in Chechnya on Wednesday, with pro-Moscow officials saying they had wiped out a rebel group near the village of Urus-Martan, south of Chechen capital Grozny. Unknown gunmen killed the three Dagestani police on Tuesday as they drove along a road near the town of Izberbash, some 70 km (45 miles) south of the regional capital Makhachkala. Local police blamed the attack on Islamist groups who have claimed some of Dagestan's bloodiest attacks -- including the bombing of a convoy in Makhachkala in July when 10 soldiers where killed. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |