ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia A gunman fleeing a police traffic stop in a troubled southern Russian region died after an explosive device he was carrying — possibly a suicide bomber's belt — detonated, a regional police official said Saturday.| “... it was unclear whether gunshots from police or the man himself detonated the explosives, which may have been attached to a belt like that used by suicide bombers” |
Ingush Interior Ministry spokesman Nazir Yevloyev said police had stopped a small sedan carrying the two men near the region's main city and were trying to search it when one of the men bolted from the car toward a nearby field. Police returned fire before an explosion killed the man. Yevloyev said it was unclear whether gunshots from police or the man himself detonated the explosives, which may have been attached to a belt like that used by suicide bombers.