Blast hits S.Russia official building -agencies

Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:45am GMT

MOSCOW Jan 13 (Reuters) - An explosion in the south Russian region of Ingushetia blew up the office of court bailiffs in the main town of Nazran on Tuesday killing a number of people, Russian news agencies reported.

Ingushetia is a mainly Muslim region next to Chechnya in the North Caucasus where Russian security forces have been fighting a growing rebel insurgency, violence which analysts say could undermine the regional stability. (Writing by James Kilner; Editing by Matthew Jones)

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