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| Dagestan bomb kills 2 |
| 2005-05-11 |
| An explosion killed a woman and a police officer and wounded at least two others in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Tuesday, Russia's Interior Ministry said. A ministry spokesman said traffic policemen noticed a suspicious package on a busy street near the center of Makhachkala, the capital of the region, which borders Chechnya. When one went to investigate, it exploded. One policeman died, the spokesman said. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency said another was seriously injured. One woman was killed and two people were injured when their vehicle was caught in the blast which shattered windows up to 100 meters (300 feet) away. Russian forces have been battling rebels in Chechnya for more than a decade and violence is common in Makhachkala. Russian police say Islamic rebels allied to fighters in neighboring Chechnya hide out there. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |