13 killed in clashes in Russia's volatile Caucasus

13 killed in clashes in Russia's volatile Caucasus Rostov-On-Don: Russian officials say an Islamist warlord, seven militants, four officers and one civilian have been killed in three separate incidents in Russia's violence-plagued southern Caucasus region. Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee spokesman Nikolai Sintsov said the leader of Islamist separatists in the province of Ingushetia was killed in a shootout on Friday in the village of Ekazhevo along with two other militants. Also on Friday, police spokesman Vyasheslav Gasanov said four...
09:29 PM, Jan 27, 2012

Car bomb in southern Russia kills 8, wounds 6

Car bomb in southern Russia kills 8, wounds 6 Moscow: Investigators say a powerful car bomb killed eight people, including an 11-year-old girl and a police officer, in Russia's volatile Dagestan province. The Investigative Committee, Russia's top investigative body, said the explosive that was planted in a car parked at a road crossing in the central Levashinsky district also wounded six more police officers on Wednesday. Dagestan, a multi-ethnic, predominantly Muslim republic, is plagued by near-daily violence. It is...
03:17 AM, Sep 29, 2011

Dagestan Airlines plane skids off runway, 2 killed

Dagestan Airlines plane skids off runway, 2 killed Moscow: Dagestan Airlines plane skidded off the runway at Moscow's Domodedovo airport and hit an obstacle on the ground during an emergency landing. Two people died and 56 were injured, a source in the emergencies ministry said. The body of the Dagestan Airlines plane was damaged when the aircraft skidded off the runway. Reports say that 155 people were on board including 7 children on the Soviet-built Tu-154 aircraft. The...
07:33 PM, Dec 04, 2010

Suicide attack on Russian military base kills 5

Suicide attack on Russian military base kills 5 Moscow: At least five people were killed and 39 injured early on Sunday in a suicide terror attack on a military unit in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, a law enforcement source said. A suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives near Buinaksk town after ramming into the gates of the military unit, the source said. Another source said 34 were injured and that many of them were...
10:13 AM, Sep 05, 2010

Two more blasts in Russia; one killed

Two more blasts in Russia; one killed A suicide bomb went off near the police headquarters in a town in Russia's North Caucasus region. ...
02:36 PM, Apr 05, 2010
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