A vehicle of the Russian armed forces blocks the way in a settlement of the Novoselitsky district, where a local police station was recently attacked, in Stavropol region, southern Russia, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko
Reuters: Three men blow themselves up outside police station in southern Russia
Three men blew themselves up outside a rural police station in southern Russia on Monday after trying to gain entry to the building as part of an unsuccessful attack, Russian investigators said in a statement.
The attack took place in Novoselitskoe, a village in Russia's Stavropol region close to the volatile North Caucasus area, where Islamist militants intent on carving out a breakaway caliphate have targeted policemen in a series of car bombings and shootings.
"As a result of the blasts the police station and some cars nearby suffered some damage," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. "No local people or police were hurt."
Investigators said they had identified the suicide bombers, men from another village in the area with previous convictions, including for murder. Their names suggested they were originally from the majority-Muslim North Caucasus region.
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WNU Editor: This is a surprise. Attacks in the Stavropol region -- close to the Muslim-majority North Caucasus -- are rare. This could be a one-off, or a trend that non-Muslim regions of Russia are now "fair-game" for Islamic militants.
More News On Today's Terror Attack In Southern Russia
3 gunmen killed in botched attack on Russian police station -- RT
Police station in Russia’s south damaged by blasts staged by militants -- TASS
Suicide attack targets police station in south Russia -- AFP
3 militants killed in attack on Russian police station -- AP
Three militants killed in attack on police station in Russia -- UPI
Suicide bombers target Russia's Stavropol: Interfax -- Al Jazeera
Three attackers of south Russia police station identified — sources -- TASS
1 comment:
Look on the bright side.
The Russians have Putin as a leader and not the kow-towing Obama.
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