The attacker set off explosives after approaching police guarding a cordoned-off site where security forces had battled with suspected militant’s hours earlier, Interfax reported, citing a local law enforcement official.
The blast late on Friday wounded 13 police officers and 13 civilians, the report said. Other reports said as many as 30 people were hurt.
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The suicide bomber approached an area police had cordoned off in a bid to isolate a group of suspected militants, Interfax reported, citing the National Anti-terror Committee. It said two militants and two law enforcement officers had been killed before the operation was suspended after nightfall.
A decade after separatists were driven from power in the second of two wars in Chechnya, adjacent to Dagestan, the North Caucasus is plagued by near-daily attacks, mostly targeting police and other government forces. – Reuters
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