Car blast kills at least 2 in Russia's Ingushetia
NAZRAN, Russia, July 30 (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and five wounded when a car exploded outside a police station in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia on Wednesday, police sources said.
Police said an explosive device equivalent to 3-4 kg (6.6-8.8 lbs) of TNT blew up under a vehicle in a parking lot full of service cars outside police headquarters in Nazran, the region's main city.
"We will have exact information on this only after an investigation is completed," a local police source said.
Attacks, shootouts and bombings occur frequently in Ingushetia, an impoverished Russian region in the Caucasus mountains. Much of the violence has been aimed at police and judges.
Russian forces have fought two wars in nearby Chechnya since 1994, killing thousands of people and scarring the north Caucasus. The violence has spilled over into neighbouring Dagestan and Ingushetia, two of Russia's poorest regions. (Writing by Chris Baldwin, editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Mary Gabriel)
Police said an explosive device equivalent to 3-4 kg (6.6-8.8 lbs) of TNT blew up under a vehicle in a parking lot full of service cars outside police headquarters in Nazran, the region's main city.
"We will have exact information on this only after an investigation is completed," a local police source said.
Attacks, shootouts and bombings occur frequently in Ingushetia, an impoverished Russian region in the Caucasus mountains. Much of the violence has been aimed at police and judges.
Russian forces have fought two wars in nearby Chechnya since 1994, killing thousands of people and scarring the north Caucasus. The violence has spilled over into neighbouring Dagestan and Ingushetia, two of Russia's poorest regions. (Writing by Chris Baldwin, editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Mary Gabriel)
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