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Suicide Bomber in Southern Russia Kills 6 Policemen

   VOA News 06 January 2010
   Police  officers and investigators seen at the site of an explosion at
   the  traffic  police  station  on  the  outskirts  of Makhachkala, the
   capital of Russia's Dagestan region, 06 Jan 2020.

Photo: AP

   Police  officers  and  investigators  are seen at site of explosion at
   traffic police station on outskirts of Makhachkala, Dagestan region, 6
   Jan 2020

   A  suicide  bombing  in  Russia's southern Dagestan republic Wednesday
   killed six policemen and wounded at least 16 other people.
   Authorities  say a suicide bomber attempted to drive a car packed with
   explosives into a police station near Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala.
   Russian  media report the blast left a two-meter wide crater, and that
   bomb fragments broke windows as far as 300 meters from the site.
   Dagestan  borders  Chechnya,  where  the  long-running  fight  between
   Russian   troops   and  Islamic  separatists  has  spilled  over  into
   neighboring republics in the North Caucasus.
   Russian  President  Dmitri  Medvedev said last month a recent surge of
   violence in the region is Russia's biggest problem.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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