Thursday, November 6, 2008

Blast Kills 11 In Russia's N.Ossetia Region

Investigators Work On A Scene Of An Explosion (Reuters)

From Swiss Info:

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed 11 people outside a Russian market on Thursday, prosecutors said, in one of the worst attacks in months to hit Russia's turbulent North Caucasus region.

The explosion detonated as a minibus taxi pulled up outside the main market in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, killing passengers and ripping the doors off one side of the vehicle. Prosecutors said they suspected a terrorist attack.

"According to preliminary information, the explosive device was detonated by a female suicide bomber," the press service of North Ossetian leader Taimuraz Mamsurov said in a statement posted on his official Web site www.rso-a.ru.

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My Comment: This is a problem that is going to get worse. This has the potential of becoming Russia's quagmire.

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