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| Caucasus |
| Suspect charged in Russian parade bombing |
| 2002-08-16 |
| Authorities have charged a third suspect in a bomb attack that killed 43 people in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, the chief investigator in the case said Thursday. The suspect, whose name was not released, is one of 12 people arrested for the blast in the city of Kaspiisk, which ripped through a military parade on May 9, when Russians celebrate the World War II victory over Nazi Germany. Investigators said the suspect was not a member of the extremist group headed by local warlord Rappani Khalilov, whom authorities have accused of ordered the bombing. Two other suspects, both allegedly members of Khalilov's group, have been charged, and investigators are searching for 10 others. The Russers have a lot of acts to clean up in the Caucasus. Rappani looks like as good a place as any to start. Under the Soviets, Rappani would have been either a dutiful party member or living several miles east of Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East, and wearing a summer shirt in the wintertime... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |