| At least eight people were hurt on Thursday in two separate blasts at a base of OMON special police near Russia's rebel region of Chechnya, Russian news agencies said. Interfax, quoting local police, said the first explosion, caused by a bomb, occurred outside the OMON base in Makhachkala in Dagestan, neighbouring Chechnya. The agency said the blast occurred as a bus carrying OMON police officers arrived at the base. One of the injured was said to be a woman who was in a serious condition, but the others had only slight wounds. An hour later, a second explosion took place about 50 metres (yards) from the base, Interfax said. No-one was injured in this explosion, according to preliminary information, Interfax said. |