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| Bomb rocks Dagestan, 1 dead, 4 injured |
| 2010-05-08 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A bomb has been detonated at the Derbent railroad terminal in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, killing one woman and injuring four people. The explosive device went off on Friday at the station in the southern Dagestan city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea as a suburban train approached, the ITAR-TASS and Interfax news agencies reported, quoting security sources. Derbent is a major port city in Dagestan, close to the border with Azerbaijan. Three policemen and one civilian were wounded in the blast, according to preliminary information provided by security forces. The pro-Kremlin local authorities of Dagestan are battling to defeat an insurgency that has left scores of civilians and police dead. In March, 12 people were killed in an attack in Dagestan, which came after coordinated bombings on the Moscow metro blamed on insurgents from the Caucasus claimed the lives of 39 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |