2 killed, 20 injured in blasts in Ingushetia

A series of explosions in Ingushetia killed at least two people and injured another 23 on Friday, prosecutors in the volatile republic in Russia's south said.

Izvor: Ria novosti

Friday, 19.02.2010.

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A series of explosions in Ingushetia killed at least two people and injured another 23 on Friday, prosecutors in the volatile republic in Russia's south said. "The latest reports say two people were killed and another 23 were injured as a result of four explosions," an official in the republic's prosecutor's office said on the telephone. 2 killed, 20 injured in blasts in Ingushetia Prosecutors said the blasts went off in Ingushetia's largest city, Nazran, but an unidentified Interior Ministry official said six explosions rocked the city, including one in an abandoned house. Earlier reports said Nazran's police chief was among the injured. Attacks on police and authorities have been an almost daily occurrence in Ingushetia, one of Russia's poorest regions. The neighboring North Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Dagestan have also been plagued by violence blamed on Islamic militants and criminal groups. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev highlighted security and economic problems in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus late last year and ordered measures to fight militant violence and clan rivalries, and curb pervasive corruption. Medvedev also appointed a Siberian governor and successful businessman his envoy to the North Caucasus. Alexander Khloponin is widely expected to act as a crisis manager to tackle economic woes in the region.

2 killed, 20 injured in blasts in Ingushetia

Prosecutors said the blasts went off in Ingushetia's largest city, Nazran, but an unidentified Interior Ministry official said six explosions rocked the city, including one in an abandoned house.

Earlier reports said Nazran's police chief was among the injured.

Attacks on police and authorities have been an almost daily occurrence in Ingushetia, one of Russia's poorest regions. The neighboring North Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Dagestan have also been plagued by violence blamed on Islamic militants and criminal groups.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev highlighted security and economic problems in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus late last year and ordered measures to fight militant violence and clan rivalries, and curb pervasive corruption.

Medvedev also appointed a Siberian governor and successful businessman his envoy to the North Caucasus. Alexander Khloponin is widely expected to act as a crisis manager to tackle economic woes in the region.

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