 A top security official in Dagestan was killed in a bomb blast in the capital, Makhachkala, on Friday, according to the Russian TV. It said Magomed Magomedov, deputy chief of the interior ministry's criminal investigation department, was killed by the explosion caused by a bomb attached to his car in central Makhachkala. The blast seriously injured the driver of Magomedov's car. He was rushed to hospital, said the TV. Dagestan has turned into a field of confrontation between the Russian security forces and radical militants active in Northern Caucasus. |