Suicide blast hits Russian region
Fatalities feared after car bomber targets military base as nation marks Victory Day.
Published On 9 May 2010
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”.
Source: News Agencies