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Suicide bomber kills three in southern Russia
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and 33 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a military camp in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, the Defence Ministry said.
The bomber tried to drive a Lada car containing about 50 kg (110 lb) of explosives onto a firing range where the 136th Motorised Brigade had set up camp outside the town of Buynaksk, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the local capital Makhachkala.
But soldiers blocked the bomber's path with a military truck, preventing what investigators said would have been a much more deadly attack had the bomber reached tents where hundreds of soldiers were sleeping.
Russian agencies said five soldiers were fighting for their lives in hospital. Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrived in Buynaksk on Sunday.
Russia is struggling to contain an upsurge of attacks in the mainly Muslim provinces along its southern flank by rebels who in March took their war to the Russian heartland with deadly bombings in the Moscow metro.
Local leaders say a potent mix of clan feuds, poverty, Islamic extremism and heavy-handed tactics by law enforcement agencies has driven youths into the hands of rebels who want to create a Sharia-based pan-Caucasus state.
"We have to admit that they (rebels) maintain their combat capabilities and respond to our efforts with daring strikes," Dagestan's President Magomedsalam Magomedov told the state Vesti-24 television channel.
There were conflicting reports of how many people were killed by the suicide bomber. State-run RIA news agency quoted sources in Dagestan's law enforcement agencies as saying five people were killed in the attack.
RIA also quoted a source as saying the incident was a result of violation of security procedures at the base.
"Bigger casualties were avoided only because only one of the two devices exploded," RIA quoted the source as saying.
Russia's Dagestan region has overtaken its neighbours as the epicentre of violence in the North Caucasus this year with a wave of bombings and shootings.
Bekmurza Bekmurzayev, a local minister in charge of national, religious and foreign affairs in Dagestan, was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a car bomb.
Suicide bomber kills three in southern Russia | World | Reuters
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Bomb Kills Five Soldiers in Russia's Caucasus - WSJ.com
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and 33 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a military camp in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, the Defence Ministry said.
The bomber tried to drive a Lada car containing about 50 kg (110 lb) of explosives onto a firing range where the 136th Motorised Brigade had set up camp outside the town of Buynaksk, about 50 km (30 miles) west of the local capital Makhachkala.
But soldiers blocked the bomber's path with a military truck, preventing what investigators said would have been a much more deadly attack had the bomber reached tents where hundreds of soldiers were sleeping.
Russian agencies said five soldiers were fighting for their lives in hospital. Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrived in Buynaksk on Sunday.
Russia is struggling to contain an upsurge of attacks in the mainly Muslim provinces along its southern flank by rebels who in March took their war to the Russian heartland with deadly bombings in the Moscow metro.
Local leaders say a potent mix of clan feuds, poverty, Islamic extremism and heavy-handed tactics by law enforcement agencies has driven youths into the hands of rebels who want to create a Sharia-based pan-Caucasus state.
"We have to admit that they (rebels) maintain their combat capabilities and respond to our efforts with daring strikes," Dagestan's President Magomedsalam Magomedov told the state Vesti-24 television channel.
There were conflicting reports of how many people were killed by the suicide bomber. State-run RIA news agency quoted sources in Dagestan's law enforcement agencies as saying five people were killed in the attack.
RIA also quoted a source as saying the incident was a result of violation of security procedures at the base.
"Bigger casualties were avoided only because only one of the two devices exploded," RIA quoted the source as saying.
Russia's Dagestan region has overtaken its neighbours as the epicentre of violence in the North Caucasus this year with a wave of bombings and shootings.
Bekmurza Bekmurzayev, a local minister in charge of national, religious and foreign affairs in Dagestan, was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a car bomb.
Suicide bomber kills three in southern Russia | World | Reuters
---------- Post added at 11:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 PM ----------
Bomb Kills Five Soldiers in Russia's Caucasus - WSJ.com
