Suicide truck bomb hits North Caucasus; at least 20 killed, more than 130 woundedNAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber rammed a truck into a police station in the Russian region of Ingushetia on Monday, killing at least 20 police in the worst attack to ravage the poor North Caucasus republic in years. Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, 20 killed, more than 100 injuredNAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia’s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said. A look at the republics in Russia’s violence-wracked Caucasus regionThe mountainous regions just to the north of Russia’s southern border known as the North Caucasus have long been troubled by violence, stoked by poverty, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. Suicide truck bomb hits police station in southern Russia, at least 20 killed, dozens woundedNAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Russia’s North Caucasus with an explosives-laden truck Monday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others, officials said. Top Russian rights advocate blames Putin and Chechnya’s strongman for slaying of activistMOSCOW — One of Russia’s most respected rights activists says Vladimir Putin and Chechnya’s strongman leader are responsible for the brazen murder of a human rights researcher. Russian police say 5 insurgents killed, 6 forces injured in violence-plagued southROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Five suspected militants were killed Monday in two separate gunbattles with police in Russia’s violence-prone southern province of Chechnya, and at least six law enforcement officers were injured in other attacks, authorities said. Group with ties to Chechen warlords claims responsibility for suicide bombing that killed 3MOSCOW — A Chechen terrorist group with ties to the late warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack on a North Caucasus regional leader that killed three, according to a statement posted on a rebel-linked Web site Sunday. Suicide car bomber seriously injures president of south Russian province IngushetiaNAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying the president of the troubled Russian province of Ingushetia Monday, critically wounding him and killing two bodyguards — the latest in a string of assassination attempts that have roiled the North Caucasus. Suicide bomber detonates car, critically injuring president of Russian region of IngushetiaNAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber badly wounded a provincial president in Russia’s North Caucasus on Monday, an assassination attempt that undermined the Kremlin’s claim that it has brought stability to the predominantly Muslim region. Gunmen kill former vice premier in Russia’s North Caucasus, its latest assassinationNAZRAN, Russia — Gunmen killed a former top government minister in Ingushetia as he stood outside his home in the violent southern Russian region Saturday, law enforcement officials said. At least six dead in clashes in Northern CaucasusMOSCOW - At least six people were killed in the conflict-torn Northern Caucasus Thursday when Russian special police tried to arrest suspected Islamist militants in the republic of Ingushetia. |
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