Police killed in Dagestan attack
Car bomber detonates explosives after being rammed by police jeep at gate of traffic depot.
Published On 6 Jan 2010
A similar bombing in a neighbouring republic in August killed 24 people and injured more than 200.
In that attack, a man succeeded in crashing a bomb-laden van through the gates of the police station in Nazran, Ingushetia.
Russia’s predominantly Muslim republics in the North Caucasus have seen a sharp rise in violence in the past year, with many of the attacks targeting police and other officials.
Some describe the violence as a civil war between Kremlin-supported local governments and Islamist fighters.
Source: News Agencies