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| Guard wounded in attack at Dagestan railroad dies |
| 2010-11-28 |
| (Itar-Tass) -- A serviceman of the Russian Interior Ministry troops, who was maimed in a shooting attack in Dagestan's Kizlyar district overnight, has died. The contract serviceman was maimed at his post when he guarded a railroad. It occurred at about 01:45 Moscow time, a law-enforcement source in the republic told Itar-Tass. Unidentified persons at first blew up a railway track and then opened submachine gun fire at the guard post of interior troops and local police, the source said. The blast damaged about 3.5 metres of rails and six concrete ties. Repair teams are working at the site. |
| Posted by:Fred |