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| Suicide bomber kills five soldiers in Dagestan |
| 2010-09-05 |
| The attack, on a military base in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, killed three of the soldiers immediately. Two more died in hospital. The blast was followed by a second roadside explosion that targeted investigators on the way to the scene, but there were no casualties. Dagestan has become arguably Russia's most violent region – hit not only by growing Islamic militancy but also deep-rooted mafia problems, clan rivalries and socio-economic stagnation. Shootings and bomb attacks have become a near-daily occurrence in the North Caucasus, where the pro-Kremlin authorities are battling an increasingly deadly Islamist insurgency. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |