Suicide blast hits Russian region

Fatalities feared after car bomber targets military base as nation marks Victory Day.

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Dagestan map

Fighters from neighbouring Chechnya have launched attacks on Victory Day, a holiday associated with the mass deportation of ethnic Chechens by Stalin during the war.

Dagestan, Chechnya and neighbouring Ingushetia are at the centre of a Muslim uprising aimed at establishing an independent “Islamic emirate”.


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